President Trump is preparing to sign legislation to end the 35-day partial government shutdown, but the 800,000 federal workers who missed paychecks won’t get paid immediately.
Under a best-case scenario, back pay will be processed under a “special out-of-cycle run,” meaning a special processing period, said Tim Kauffman, a spokesman for the American Federation of Government Employees, a large union representing federal workers.
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