Federal Workers to Begin Receiving Paychecks This Weekend

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The first wave of federal workers is expected to begin receiving paychecks on Saturday as the federal government reopens following a 43-day shutdown, according to reporting from The Hill and Semafor.

Paychecks will start going out over the weekend, with the administration aiming to pay all federal workers by Wednesday. According to the reporting, each federal agency is processing payments independently and has been asked by the White House to distribute them “expeditiously and accurately” to avoid unnecessary delays.

More than 12,000 employees at the General Services Administration and Office of Personnel Management are projected to receive back pay beginning Saturday. Those paychecks will include only base pay, with additional corrections to be made in the next pay cycle.

Workers at the Departments of Energy, Veterans Affairs, and Health and Human Services are expected to start receiving paychecks Sunday, Nov. 16. Civilian employees at the Department of Defense, including Army and non-Army personnel, are also projected to receive their first paychecks Sunday. All paychecks will include standard pay and additional payments such as overtime and hazard pay.

President Donald Trump signed the stopgap spending bill late Wednesday, ending the record shutdown and funding most of the federal government through Jan. 30. The bill also reverses previously planned federal layoffs.

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers had been furloughed or required to work without pay during the shutdown.