New retirees impacted by the recent Social Security Fairness Act could see larger lump-sum payments, as a growing bipartisan push urges the Social Security Administration (SSA) to expand retroactive ...

As a business owner, you’re responsible for ensuring every employee is paid correctly and on time. However, payroll discrepancies or mistakes can happen, often as a result of errors in calculating an ...

Retroactive back pay is a major point of contention in contract negotiations between Rockford Public Schools and its teachers. The previous four-year labor agreement expired on June 30, and ...

The nonprofit World Central Kitchen, shown here in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 27, distributed free meals prepared by local restaurants to federal employees affected by the government shutdown. With the ...

This story has been updated at 4:50 p.m. ET. The Internal Revenue Service on Friday afternoon told employees that "the majority" of outstanding backpay due to furloughed and excepted employees ...

The problem started when the city waited until mid-January — at least two weeks after the Dec. 30 deadline — “to start cutting checks for anybody," said Pat Cleary, president of Chicago Fire Fighters ...

Some Chicago firefighters and paramedics are still waiting for promised retroactive back pay, according to a report. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the city missed a December 30 deadline to begin ...