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The consent decree spells out the back pay 26 workers will get for work they should have been paid between 2019 and 2023.
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Esme Murphy, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Federal employees are guaranteed to receive back pay once the shutdown ends, according to a 2019 law, but getting by until then can be hard.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
In 2020, weeks after Loloee was sworn into the City Council, federal officials again determined Loloee owed employees back pay, this time $35,423.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
The McMahons agreed, and also gave him fifty thousand dollars in back pay.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Esme Murphy, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Federal employees are guaranteed to receive back pay once the shutdown ends, according to a 2019 law, but getting by until then can be hard.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
In 2020, weeks after Loloee was sworn into the City Council, federal officials again determined Loloee owed employees back pay, this time $35,423.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
The McMahons agreed, and also gave him fifty thousand dollars in back pay.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for back pay
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“Back pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20pay. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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