"This is a crisis of political leadership, including the president's failing to reach a consensus in D.C.," John Hatton said.

The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act, or GEFTA, guarantees back pay for employees furloughed or required to work unpaid ...

GSA’s notice states multiple times that furloughed employees are guaranteed back pay once the shutdown ends. All furloughed ...

President Donald Trump is considering not giving back pay to all federal employees once the government shutdown ends, ...

The Trump administration argues that furloughed staff are not guaranteed back pay, spurring disagreement from Democratic ...

The IRS walked back previous guidance indicating furloughed employees would receive back pay during the government shutdown Thursday, writing that an agency under the president would provide ...

While IRS is threatening furloughed employees with making them go without back pay, it has told exempted employees—those who ...

Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia district with one of the largest concentrations of federal employees and contractors in the U.S. House, today responded to reports that ...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) joined a band of Democrats in signing a Wednesday letter sent to White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought urging him to provide back ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is warning of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a shutdown.

Back pay for furloughed workers has been a point of contention throughout the eight-day government shutdown, despite the fact ...

The employee has worked at SSA headquarters in Woodlawn for close to 20 years and has seen a fair share of shutdowns, but ...