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• Federal Employees to Receive Full Back Pay as Agencies Begin Post-Shutdown Payroll Processing - November 14, 2025

• FEDweek

  The roughly 1.4 million federal employees who went unpaid during the government shutdown that began October 1—whether they remained on the job or were furloughed—are to be paid full back pay “as soon as possible,” OPM has directed agencies.

  There have been reports of special pay distributions to be made on Saturday (November 15) although the OPM memo sets no date. The timing of pay likely will vary among agencies, with the directive to move as quickly as possible.

  It further cautioned that “payroll providers may have to make some adjustments. Thus, the initial retroactive pay that an employee receives after the lapse in appropriations has ended may not fully reflect application of all the guidance in this document regarding the treatment of hours for pay, leave, and other purposes.”

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