Most federal workers will receive their first paycheck in more than a month between Saturday and Wednesday of next week, and it should include at least most of the backpay that is due, Trump administration officials said Thursday.

Lawmakers included a provision guaranteeing full backpay for furloughed workers in the deal to end the 43-day government shutdown after the White House repeatedly insinuated it might break a 2019 law enacted during President Trump’s first term requiring all feds be paid upon the restoration of appropriations.

A senior administration official told Government Executive that federal HR workers are aiming to get the first post-shutdown checks out to employees within the next week. For many agencies, these paychecks will reflect pay furloughed and excepted wor

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