New retirees impacted by the recent Social Security Fairness Act could see larger lump-sum payments, as a growing bipartisan push urges the Social Security Administration (SSA) to expand retroactive ...

As a business owner, you’re responsible for ensuring every employee is paid correctly and on time. However, payroll discrepancies or mistakes can happen, often as a result of errors in calculating an ...

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 ...

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers will face shutdown furloughs and no pay. Furloughed employees cannot work but receive retroactive back pay after shutdown. Eligible workers can file UCFE; ...

This story has been updated at 4:50 p.m. ET. The Internal Revenue Service on Friday afternoon told employees that "the majority" of outstanding backpay due to furloughed and excepted employees ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Were you collecting unemployment benefits earlier this year? You could be in line to receive some back pay. The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency says nearly 48,000 ...