Recent bipartisan bills seek to incorporate skills-based hiring into federal cybersecurity jobs, as well as update caps for employee separation incentives.

Customs and Border Protection plans to use funding from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to exempt and pay over 57,600 employees during the DHS shutdown.

A new piece of legislation introduced in Congress aims to provide an across-the-board pay adjustment for federal employees.

Employees are finding ways to save on commuting and child care costs, while DHS agencies say their operations are suffering.

Some federal workers who are not being paid during the government shutdown have a nagging fear: They might not receive retroactive pay once the impasse is resolved. Roughly 1.4 million federal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After the government officially shut down Oct. 1, some federal employees are still going to work — but they'll have to wait for ...

The president of the nation’s largest union representing federal and Washington, D.C., workers on Monday called on lawmakers to pass a “clean” continuing resolution to reopen government, as the ...

U.S. Senator and U.S. Congressman introduced the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act, a bill that would provide ...

The federal government shutdown has now reached its 24th day, making it the second-longest shutdown in U.S. history. Surpassing the three-week mark means that federal employees will miss their first ...

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 ...

A White House memo suggests not all federal workers on furlough are entitled to receive back pay once the government reopens. The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 requires back pay for ...

Following a 43-day government shutdown, federal employees were ordered to return to work on November 13, 2025. The Trump administration aims to send out back pay to federal workers between Nov. 15 and ...