Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some federal workers who are not being paid during the government shutdown have a nagging fear: They might not receive retroactive ...

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For more than two weeks now during the government shutdown, Imelda Avila-Thomas has been trying in vain to get approved for unemployment compensation to help cover essentials such as food and mortgage ...

After being sidelined for more than a month, they are bracing for the backlog that awaits them and struggling with the financial burden of going without pay. After being sidelined for more than a ...

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