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“There are state workers who are "idle" at home during the coronavirus pandemic.”
Scott Walker Former Wisconsin governor, Republican. a tweet. Claim dated 5 Jun 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True

What PolitiFact found

State employees can qualify for paid administrative leave. These employees must be sick with coronavirus, taking care of someone or otherwise deemed unable to work from home by a supervisor. Few state employees use it.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Scott Walker (Former Wisconsin governor, Republican) made this claim around 5 June 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 June 2020, 12 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.

Scott Walker has 6 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 1 true.

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