OPM's shutdown guidance also added a section stating that performance-based adverse actions against employees are allowed in ...

Are you covered? What pay protections during government shutdown guarantee retroactive pay, and are federal, furloughed and ...

Do furloughed employees get back pay? Your legal rights under GEFTA after the federal shutdown of 2026 cover a lot more.

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

Interestingly enough, it was President Donald Trump who signed a law in 2019 that guaranteed retroactive pay after a shutdown. It has been a longstanding policy that federal furloughed employees will ...

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 ...

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 ...

President Trump has threatened to deny back pay to some furloughed workers. President Donald Trump this week indicated that the federal government may deny back pay to some employees furloughed amid a ...