Find out the circumstances under which employers owe employees retro pay, how it differs from back pay, the tax implications ...

The current U.S. government shutdown has reached 28 days, marking it as the second-longest in recent history. Approximately 1.4 million federal employees are enduring this period without income, ...

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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 ...

Politics Trump administration threatens no back pay for federal workers in shutdown Refusing retroactive pay to the workers, some of whom must remain on the job as essential employees, would be a ...

WASHINGTON — Over two weeks into the government shutdown and following President Donald Trump’s warning that furloughed employees may not receive back pay, Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said ...

A draft memo from White House budget office counsel arguing there’s no obligation to pay furloughed workers after a government shutdown may have some legal merit in at least one procedural aspect, ...

WASHINGTON — Senators passed a bill Thursday that would give a retroactive pay increase to service members who were affected by Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s monthslong hold on military promotions. The ...