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

During a government shutdown, both furloughed employees and those deemed 'excepted' are entitled to retroactive pay. This is mandated by the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019, which ...

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 ...

A draft memo from White House budget office counsel arguing there’s no obligation to pay furloughed workers after a government shutdown may have some legal merit in at least one procedural aspect, ...

WASHINGTON — Over two weeks into the government shutdown and following President Donald Trump’s warning that furloughed employees may not receive back pay, Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said ...

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.

Public defenders in Hawaiʻi were granted a 20% pay increase last summer, but many attorneys say their bank accounts have yet ...