Gavin Newsom’s return to office mandate mystery as multiple remote and hybrid roles emerge

The order generally requires agencies under the governor’s authority to have employees in the office at least four days each ...
Government Executive

Some disabled veterans say losing telework accommodations is making it harder for them to keep working at the VA

Employees with disabilities at several agencies have alleged that they’re being forced to return to the office, even though ...

California telework debate heats up with an attack billboard ahead of July return-to-office mandate

Less than a month remains before most California state employees are required to return to the office at least four days a ...

The $225 million hidden cost behind California’s latest return-to-office mandate

California’s four-day office mandate takes effect today. Not everyone is on board.
Yahoo

California departments with return-to-office mandates praised telework in internal surveys

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California shut down the office that tracks telework in state service. But data from two previously unreleased surveys obtained by ...

What do state workers have to say about the impending return-to-office order?

Over 150 readers responded to a Bee survey to share their concerns about Gov. Gavin Newsom's July return-to-office order.
Agri-Pulse

Telework at issue as USDA workers told to go back to office

The Trump administration may be entering a protracted fight with federal employees over telework as it tries to force workers to return to the office at USDA and other departments and agencies. Acting ...
The Hill

Telework is actually rescuing the federal workforce; its abolition won’t be pretty

Under heavy pressure from Republicans in Congress, and from the Democratic mayor of Washington, the Biden administration has been pressing federal agencies to get their staff back into the office. But ...
The Hill

Around telework, a battle of belief versus evidence

Telework, once a necessity during the pandemic, now stands at the forefront of a political battle. Republican members of Congress are castigating government leaders for insufficiently reining in the ...