Back pay for federal employees and a reversal of recent reductions-in-force are both included in the Senate’s initial agreement toward ending the shutdown.

As the U.S. government shutdown reaches its 28th day, hundreds of thousands of federal workers remain furloughed, with President Donald Trump threatening to block back pay once the shutdown ends. In ...

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s Democratic senators voted Thursday against a Republican proposal that would provide back pay only to certain essential federal workers during the shutdown. The Shutdown ...

Some federal workers who are not being paid during the government shutdown have a nagging fear: They might not receive retroactive pay once the impasse is resolved. Roughly 1.4 million federal ...

Two metro Atlanta federal employees describe the financial strain of going more than a month without pay, and their relief as ...

WASHINGTON — In an exclusive interview with The Daily Iowan, U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, gave her thoughts on the now two-week shutdown of the federal government and its impacts on federal employees ...

As the federal government shutdown threatens to become the longest ever, thousands of federal workers in Wisconsin are missing paychecks. Wisconsin is home to about 18,000 federal workers, according ...

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 ...

Some federal workers who are not being paid during the government shutdown have a nagging fear: They might not receive retroactive pay once the impasse is resolved. Roughly 1.4 million federal ...