October 7, 2025 (Washington, D.C.) – 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.

During a federal government shutdown, the question of back pay becomes a pressing concern for many. The key distinction lies in whether you are a federal employee or a federal contractor. Federal ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump this week indicated that the federal government may deny back pay to some employees furloughed amid a government shutdown. When asked on Tuesday if government workers would ...

Congressional Republican leaders are hopeful that furloughed workers will receive back pay at the conclusion of the government shutdown, responding to news that legal analysts are scrutinizing whether ...

Hundreds of thousands of government employees who worked throughout the shutdown without compensation may soon get back pay. CBS News MoneyWatch reporter Megan Cerullo has the details. Matthew ...

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 ...

The Senate passed a bill to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history on Monday, Nov. 11, so federal employees may be wondering when they'll finally be paid. This compromise has put an end ...

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 further ...

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 ...

As the federal government enters its third week of a shutdown, a legal and political dispute has emerged over whether furloughed federal employees are guaranteed to receive back pay once funding is ...

When the government shuts down, many federal workers go without paychecks, whether they are deemed essential and required to show up for work or whether they're furloughed for the duration of the ...