Do furloughed employees get back pay? Your legal rights under GEFTA after the federal shutdown of 2026 cover a lot more.

Are you covered? What pay protections during government shutdown guarantee retroactive pay, and are federal, furloughed and ...

A bipartisan proposal aims to exempt certain retroactive Social Security benefits from gross income for federal tax purposes.

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 ...

ST. THOMAS — A Superior Court judge has ordered the V.I. government to pay a total of $4.7 million to a group of retirees who have been awaiting retroactive pay increases for nearly three decades.