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When Congress passes a spending bill, the prosecutors will receive their back pay.
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Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
In previous years Congress would vote if employees would receive back pay, but after the 2019 shutdown, it was made mandatory for employees to receive it.
—Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
That resulted in the termination of about 1,000 workers with no severance or back pay, representing one of the most stunning and abrupt ends of an entertainment company in recent memory.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 24 July 2024
The complaint seeks back pay, attorney's fees and an injunction ordering the county to cease from behavior that discriminates against minorities and suppresses residents' First Amendment rights.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Mar. 2024
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Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
In previous years Congress would vote if employees would receive back pay, but after the 2019 shutdown, it was made mandatory for employees to receive it.
—Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
That resulted in the termination of about 1,000 workers with no severance or back pay, representing one of the most stunning and abrupt ends of an entertainment company in recent memory.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 24 July 2024
The complaint seeks back pay, attorney's fees and an injunction ordering the county to cease from behavior that discriminates against minorities and suppresses residents' First Amendment rights.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Mar. 2024
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“Back pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20pay. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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