Getting Federal Workers Back in the Office May Be Tough

Washington Post: “About 56 percent of the civil service is covered by collective bargaining contracts, many of which include provisions for telework, according to federal data and union officials. A record 10 percent of federal jobs now are designated as fully ‘remote,’ with the official workplace an employee’s home or rented space far from an agency headquarters or regional office.”

“The General Services Administration, which manages federal buildings, has also moved aggressively in recent years to shed costly excess office space as Biden officials kept pandemic policies in place.”