The issue of retroactive pay has become a flashpoint in the broader shutdown standoff. Unlike previous closures, when compensation was routinely authorized by Congress, recent legal interpretations ...

During a government shutdown, both furloughed employees and those deemed 'excepted' are entitled to retroactive pay. This is mandated by the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019, which ...

The Stockton Unified School District Board of Trustees approved boosting monthly compensation from $750 to $3,000 following ...

With new federal rules about to shorten the window for retroactive Medicaid payments, lawmakers are reimagining ways to fast-track approval and provide more coverage for nursing homes exposed to ...

Public defenders in Hawaiʻi were granted a 20% pay increase last summer, but many attorneys say their bank accounts have yet ...

The Trump administration argues that furloughed staff are not guaranteed back pay, spurring disagreement from Democratic lawmakers and federal unions who say the law is on their side. EPA has updated ...

Federal workers sent home by this government shutdown have taken some comfort in a recent law that ensures furloughed employees get paid eventually. That back pay isn’t a sure thing, a new White House ...

A Superior Court judge has ordered the V.I. government to pay a total of $4.7 million to a group of retirees who have been ...

The nonprofit World Central Kitchen, shown here in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 27, distributed free meals prepared by local restaurants to federal employees affected by the government shutdown. With the ...