US EditionFederal Employees Who Were Furloughed During Shutdown Will Receive Back Pay
The spending package restores funding through Jan. 30, 2026, rescinds layoffs affecting about 4,000 federal employees, and guarantees back pay for over 1.4 million furloughed and unpaid workers.
- On Wednesday, Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed a spending package funding many agencies at current levels until Jan. 30, 2026, including full back pay for furloughed federal employees.
- Amid the funding lapse, at least 670,000 federal employees were furloughed and 730,000 worked without pay, while more than 4,000 received reduction in force notices after White House guidance.
- IRS managers say they are rescinding layoff notices sent mostly to human resources and IT staff last month, while HHS and the Census Bureau told furloughed employees to monitor news and return to duty, with HHS specifying reporting on Nov. 13 if the bill is signed.
- The agreement reverses RIF notices, and thousands of government jobs cut across multiple agencies plus many employees on furlough for six weeks create agency operational backlogs.
- Policy tensions remain as the continuing resolution provision could undo a presidential priority by rescinding thousands of shutdown-era layoffs, but the administration may continue reductions past January and faces lawsuits over shutdown layoffs.
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Provision in Government Funding Bill Would Reverse Shutdown Layoffs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tucked away in the continuing resolution is a provision that could undo one of the President’s priorities: reducing the federal workforce. It would rescind the thousands of
Federal employees who were furloughed during shutdown will receive back pay
Federal employees, including those who were furloughed during the longest government shutdown in history, will receive full back pay, according to new guidance from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).In a memo distributed on Thursday, OPM said workers will receive their standard rate of pay, including overtime, night pay and other differentials they would have earned had the shutdown not occurred.Days into the shutdown, the Trump administr…
As shutdown ends, agencies tell federal employees to get back to work
Federal agencies were telling furloughed federal workers they were expected back in the job Thursday morning, as Congress was heading toward ending a 43-day government shutdown Wednesday night. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)By Jory Heckman Federal agencies are telling furloughed employees that they’re expected to show up for work Thursday morning, now that House lawmakers have ended the longest government shutdown. Many of these federal e…
Agencies prepare to bring back furloughed staff, rescind layoffs as shutdown comes to an end
Agencies are telling furloughed federal employees that they’re expected to show up Thursday morning, now that House lawmakers have ended the longest government shutdown. Many of these federal employees have been on furlough for the past six weeks, and face a considerable backlog of work upon their return. At least 670,000 federal employees have been furloughed, and 730,000 employees have been working without pay during the shutdown. The spending…
Government shutdown back pay headed to federal workers in coming days
U.S. White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett speaks in front of a TV camera at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 13, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Back pay owed to federal workers for the time they were furloughed during the government shutdown is expected to land in their bank accounts early next week, White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett said Thursday. “There really has been an aggressive effort to get people to ge…
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