How to Use back pay in a Sentence

back pay

noun
  • All will receive back pay at that point.
    — Tara Suter, The Hill, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Teacher trainees complain they are owed two months of back pay.
    — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • With the shutdown now over, controllers will receive back pay.
    — Max Rego, The Hill, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Troops are expected to receive back pay once the shutdown ends.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Troops are expected to receive back pay once the shutdown ends.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Troops are expected to receive back pay once the shutdown ends.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Agencies are still sorting out how to bring back those workers and give them the back pay ordered by the courts.
    — Nik Popli, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
  • However, based on the last shutdown, back pay can take up to two-and-a-half months to receive.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Nov. 2025
  • However, the timing of that back pay depends on how long the shutdown lasts.
    — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The threat of withholding back pay is an extension of the threat to fire or lay off workers.
    — Brett Samuels, The Hill, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The lawsuit sought back pay for athletes, as well as a cut of future broadcast revenues.
    — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 26 July 2024
  • The bill that Congress passed to end the shutdown guarantees back pay.
    — NPR, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Comey is seeking reinstatement along with back pay.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
  • If proven innocent through a trial, the judge could then be provided back pay.
    — Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Once the government reopens, employees will have to wait for back pay.
    — Rio Yamat, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Once the government reopens, employees will have to wait for back pay.
    — Emilie Megnien, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The back pay, Stapp said, totaled more than $120,000.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
  • Lines that stretched for hours last week shrank to minutes at many airports as back pay hit employees’ accounts.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The ruling meant he was entitled to hundreds of thousands of dollars of back pay.
    — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Some subcontractors for the government could be out of work and would not receive back pay.
    — Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Some subcontractors for the government could be out of work and would not receive back pay.
    — Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The union said all the strikers returned to their jobs afterward with back pay and benefits.
    — Rio Yamat, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2023
  • And Bowling Green comes in third, with 212 workers owed back pay.
    — Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 8 Jan. 2024
  • When will federal workers receive back pay?
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The dispute over back pay adds new tension to an already bitter budget standoff.
    — Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The union said all the strikers returned to their jobs afterward, with back pay and benefits.
    — Rio Yamat, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Members of the military are not guaranteed back pay.
    — Hadley Hitson, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2025
  • She was allowed to return right away, with back pay, but decided to take a few days of unpaid leave to readjust.
    — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
  • The McMahons agreed, and also gave him fifty thousand dollars in back pay.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Amid holiday prep, many Americans await back pay.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025

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