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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...