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 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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...