The Chart That Shows the Financial Peril Facing Federal Workers . ... the United States government failed to pay more than 800,000 of its workers. ... It covers an entire two-week pay period, ...

The Office of Personnel Management on Monday said that most federal employees will receive an extra few hours of paid annual leave in 2023, thanks to a quirk in this year’s calendar of pay periods.

“Pay for federal employees will be disbursed as normal for pay period (PP) 19 (Sept. 10 to Sept. 23) and will be disbursed by Oct. 2 via electronic fund transfer,” the spokesperson said.

Many federal workers living paycheck-to-paycheck haven’t yet felt an income shock because of the partial government shutdown. Most federal employees received their last check based on time ...