Since December 2025, the following hospitals and health systems have said they plan to raise their workers’ pay. Editor’s note: This webpage was created Jan. 9 and is updated regularly. It was last ...

During a government shutdown, both furloughed employees and those deemed 'excepted' are entitled to retroactive pay. This is mandated by the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019, which ...

Some federal workers who are not being paid during the government shutdown have a nagging fear: They might not receive retroactive pay once the impasse is resolved. Roughly 1.4 million federal ...

When companies avoid paying employees for their performance, they trade long-term outcomes for short-term cost control.

HCA CEO worker pay ratio increased to 420:1 in 2025, with CEO Sam Hazen earning $26.5 million versus median employee pay of $62,955.