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

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

The president of the nation’s largest union representing federal and Washington, D.C., workers on Monday called on lawmakers to pass a “clean” continuing resolution to reopen government, as the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the U.S. government shutdown reaches its 28th day, hundreds of thousands of federal workers remain furloughed, with President ...

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history, lasting 43 days, has finally come to an end. While the government now has funding through Jan. 30, America is still facing the repercussions. Many ...

When Congress voted Tuesday to end the four-day partial government shutdown, lawmakers included language reiterating that all federal workers furloughed or forced to work without pay during the lapse ...

Federal employees affected by the recent government shutdown are set to receive their back pay soon, as mandated by federal law. The Office of Personnel Management has already outlined the procedures ...

Federal workers have been ordered to return to work after the end of the government shutdown as they await back pay. While an estimated 750,000 workers were furloughed during the shutdown, some others ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana., proposed legislation last week that would allow those working to be paid during the shutdown but it failed to get enough Democratic support to pass. Democrats ...

WASHINGTON — After more than 40 days, the government has reopened and now federal employees will be getting paychecks that they missed during the shutdown. But when that pay hits bank accounts will ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - The stress is high and morale is low for many government employees as they go back to work. According to Abner Merriweather, President of the local American Federation of ...