Trump Signs Order Ending Remote Work; Mandates Federal Workers Return To Office
President Trump signs an executive order ending remote work for federal employees, requiring full-time, in-office attendance. Legal battles are expected.
Trump ordered workers back to the office. They ask, where, exactly?
The clock is ticking for federal workers to comply with Trump’s directive to return to in-person work, but many say there simply isn’t enough space in their offices.
Government workers dismayed by Trump's return-to-office mandate
The Trump administration has said that just 6% of federal employees now work in person. But according to an August report from the Office of Management and Budget, among federal workers eligible for telework — and excluding those who are fully remote — roughly 61% of work hours are now in person.
Trump invites nearly all federal workers to quit now, get paid through September
Through an email blast, federal workers were given the opportunity to resign from their jobs before Feb. 6 and retain full pay and benefits through Sept. 30.
Thousands of Federal Workers Given Return-to-Office Deadlines
Federal workers across two government departments have been given deadlines for when they need to return to the office following sweeping changes brought in by the Trump administration. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on the day of his inauguration that mandates a return to the office for federal workers as he seeks to improve the government's efficiency and performance.
How many federal workers will be affected by Trump’s return-to-office policy?
See agency by agency, the more than one million federal workers who could be affected.
Trump’s return-to-work policy could impact a million federal workers
President Donald Trump’s executive order putting an end to remote work for federal workers is poised to change the job setup of more than a million employees.
Trump Administration Offers 2 Million Federal Workers Payouts to Resign
Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, quickly condemned the Trump administration’s offer to roughly 2 million federal employees to resign in exchange for pay, saying in a Senate floor speech that the deal was a trick, that the president didn’t have the authority to make the offer and employees who resign may not be paid.
HHS Employees Sort Out Return-to-Office Mandate
Employees at HHS and its various sub-agencies are struggling to figure out how to implement President Donald Trump's executive order requiring them to report in-person to their work sites full-time, and how the changes will affect them.
Some employers want people in office. Many workers say no. What's Indiana's new normal?
Indiana's workforce is feeling pressure to return to the office, but a good portion of employees still like hybrid work. Is remote work here to stay?
Federal Employees' Return to Office May Pose a Problem for Private Workers
While 26 percent of federal employees are unionized, the rest would likely be forced to return to the office without the option for remote work immediately. Unionized workers have
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Judge temporarily blocks Trump's exit plan for federal employees
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17 days of DOGE: Inside Trump and Musk's rapid disruption of the federal workforce
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Legislation introduced to exempt military spouses from return to office mandate
Two Virginia congressmen have introduced bipartisan legislation to exempt military spouses from federal workers' return to ...
Trump and Musk demand termination of federal office leases through General Services Administration
One of the next moves in President Trump and Elon Musk’s sweeping effort to fire government employees and curtail operations ...
US Judge Pushes Back Deadline for Trump's Buyout Offer for Government Employees
A federal judge on Thursday pushed back to Monday a deadline for U.S. government employees to opt into the Trump ...