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.

A reinstated NOAA employee said individuals received calls from human resources personnel offering reinstatement just before Christmas.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(WAVY) — – On Wednesday, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine, Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and others demanded the administration to follow law on back paying furloughed federal workers. President Donald Trump signed ...