{"id":1003670,"date":"2019-02-08T13:44:34","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T17:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003670"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:09:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:09:39","slug":"workers-still-waiting-for-back-pay-trump-promised-would-come-very-quickly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/workers-still-waiting-for-back-pay-trump-promised-would-come-very-quickly\/","title":{"rendered":"Workers Still Waiting For Back Pay Trump Promised Would Come \u2018Very Quickly\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump promised that workers would get the back pay they missed during his 35-day government shutdown \u201cvery quickly.\u201d But two weeks after the shutdown ended, thousands of workers are still struggling to get by while waiting for the paychecks they\u2019re owed.<\/p>\n

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Trump promised workers they would get their back pay \u201cvery quickly,\u201d and the White House said it would happen by February 1.<\/p>\n

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Mulvaney, 1\/27\/19<\/a>: \u201cThere\u2019s a couple different payroll providers in the federal government and how an employee gets paid or which payroll provider- provider covers their agency will dictate how long it takes. Some of them could be early this week. Some of them may be later this week but we hope that by the end of this week all of the back pay will be made up and of course the next payroll will go out on time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump<\/a>: \u201cI will make sure that all employees receive their back pay very quickly, or as soon as possible.\u00a0 It\u2019ll happen fast.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two weeks after the Trump Shutdown ended, thousands of federal workers have still not been paid or only received a portion of what they\u2019re owed.<\/p>\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cNearly two weeks after the end of the longest government shutdown in U.S history, many federal workers still have not received their back pay or have only gotten a fraction of what they are owed as government agencies struggle with payroll glitches and other delays.\u00a0 And even as they scramble to catch up on unpaid bills and to repay unemployment benefits, the prospect of another shutdown looms next week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cThey are among thousands of employees who have experienced delays or anomalies with paychecks at the federal agencies that went dark. Many say they initially received half of what they were owed after working without pay or being furloughed. Others were stunned by what appeared to be excessive tax withholding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Federal workers continue to struggle to get by while they wait for their back pay and cope with late fees and unpaid bills.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump stood in the Rose Garden at the end of the shutdown and said, \u2018We will make sure that you guys are paid immediately.\u2019 … And here it is, it\u2019s almost two weeks later.\u201d – Federal worker<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cI mean what I got paid, I can only cover my mortgage, for one month. They also hit us with double deductions on that paycheck. So what would have been 120 hours worth of pay, is basically back down to what we would originally get for one paycheck. Because almost 50 percent of my check is gone.\u201d – Federal worker<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen I saw that $250 I thought, \u2018What in the world is this? Where\u2019s the rest of my money?\u2019\u201d – Federal worker<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd getting paid later\u2014don\u2019t get me wrong, it\u2019s helpful and it\u2019s the right thing to do\u2014but getting paid later puts me in a bad spot. For every $100 I get late, I\u2019m $110 in debt.\u201d – Federal worker<\/a><\/p>\n

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Trump promised that workers would get the back pay they missed during his 35-day government shutdown \u201cvery quickly.\u201d But two weeks after the shutdown ended, thousands of workers are still struggling to get by while waiting for the paychecks they\u2019re owed.   Trump promised workers they would get their back pay \u201cvery quickly,\u201d and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWorkers Still Waiting For Back Pay Trump Promised Would Come \u2018Very Quickly\u2019 - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/workers-still-waiting-for-back-pay-trump-promised-would-come-very-quickly\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-08T17:44:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:09:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/workers-still-waiting-for-back-pay-trump-promised-would-come-very-quickly\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/workers-still-waiting-for-back-pay-trump-promised-would-come-very-quickly\/\",\"name\":\"Workers Still Waiting For Back Pay Trump Promised Would Come \u2018Very Quickly\u2019 - 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