White House looks for a loophole in the law that ensures federal workers get paid after a shutdown

The memo suggests furloughed workers are not entitled to back pay, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed. Read More

White House floats no back pay for some furloughed federal workers despite 2019 law

A new draft White House memo suggests a 2019 law signed by President Trump that guarantees that federal employees get paid after a shutdown ends would not apply to furloughed workers. Read More

White House memo argues furloughed workers not guaranteed back pay

A draft memo from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is raising the possibility that furloughed federal workers may not be entitled to back pay from their time off during the government ... Read More

Memo draft suggests furloughed workers may not get back pay after government shutdown

A drafted memo from the Office of Management and Budget suggests that workers furloughed during the government shutdown may not be entitled to back pay once it ends. CBS News' Aaron Navarro has the ... Read More

White House raises shutdown pressure game, threatening no backpay for furloughed workers

The White House is wielding the new threat of no backpay for furloughed workers as a tactic to pressure Democrats to end the week-long government shutdown. The previous shutdown ended with ... Read More

Philly's federal workers rally for end to shutdown amid paycheck pause

Philly's federal workers are not getting paid amid the government shutdown, and they may never get back pay either: "A lot of fear." ... Read More

White House threatens layoffs — not furloughs — if the government shuts down

If the government shuts down on Oct. 1, the White House said it will look for ways to use the funding dispute to permanently eliminate some federal workers, rather than just temporarily send them home ... Read More