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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the U.S. government shutdown reaches its 28th day, hundreds of thousands of federal workers remain furloughed, with President ...

When Congress voted Tuesday to end the four-day partial government shutdown, lawmakers included language reiterating that all federal workers furloughed or forced to work without pay during the lapse ...

IRS does not allow undoing a prior transaction as if it never occurred. You cannot amend your prior year tax return to account for a later event either.

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history, lasting 43 days, has finally come to an end. While the government now has funding through Jan. 30, America is still facing the repercussions. Many ...

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 ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana., proposed legislation last week that would allow those working to be paid during the shutdown but it failed to get enough Democratic support to pass. Democrats ...

WASHINGTON — After more than 40 days, the government has reopened and now federal employees will be getting paychecks that they missed during the shutdown. But when that pay hits bank accounts will ...

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 ...