Back pay owed to federal workers for the time they were furloughed during the government shutdown is expected to land in their bank accounts early next week, White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett said Thursday.

"There really has been an aggressive effort to get people to get their checks as soon as possible," Hassett told reporters, a day after President Donald Trump signed a short-term funding bill that allowed the government to reopen after 43 days.

"I think that the payments will come, probably early next week," Hassett said, as hundreds of thousands of federal workers returned to their offices.

The timing of the payments might be affected depending on the agencies where employees work.

Under federal law, government employees who are furloughed during a shutdown mu

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