back pay

noun

: money that is owed to a worker from an earlier time

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If reinstated after a successful legal challenge, the probationary employee would be entitled to back pay, Jewett said. Emma Bowman, NPR, 15 Feb. 2025 To replace them, Trump has ordered thousands of soldiers who were expelled for refusing a COVID vaccine to be restored to service, with back pay. Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025 Trump will sign an executive order reinstating active and reserve military personnel, with their former rank, full back pay, and benefits, who were let go by the Biden administration over their vaccination status and ask to be reinstated. Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Jan. 2025 Discharged service members who seek to be reinstated also will receive full back pay and benefits, the order says. Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for back pay

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“Back pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20pay. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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