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Are Federal Employees Guaranteed Back Pay After the Shutdown? back pay rights federal employment government shutdown mindfulness at work opm guidance Nov 06, 2025

Federal employees are asking the right question: “Are we really getting back pay this time?” The short answer is yes. Under the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 (GEFTA), both furloughed ...

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Shutdown Negotiations Resume: What Federal Workers Need to Know back pay rights federal employment law federal shutdown mindfulness at work rif litigation Oct 24, 2025

There’s finally a hint of movement in Washington. As of Friday, October 24, 2025, two competing Senate bills—one from Senator Ron Johnson to pay “excepted” employees and the military, and another from...

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Are Furloughed Federal Employees Guaranteed Back Pay? back pay rights federal employment government shutdown mindfulness at work mspb appeals Oct 09, 2025

For many federal employees, this shutdown feels different. Early this week, the administration floated a new legal argument claiming that furloughed workers might not be automatically entitled to back...

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OMB Memo Challenges Federal Back Pay Guarantees back pay rights federal employment mindfulness at work omb legal opinion shutdown law Oct 08, 2025

A draft legal opinion from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly testing the foundation federal employees have relied on for years: that you’ll receive back pay after a government shutd...

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