return to office

First Look

More House appropriators target federal telework, office space

The 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education appropriations bill includes language specifically targeting federal telework reporting requirements.

Congress

Union calls for FDIC to ‘follow the law’ after pivot on return-to-office plans

Unions

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Policy riders to watch as House appropriators mark up 2025 spending bills

Budget

Christophe Megevand, of Schuman Cheese, New Jersey, judges the Rhined Swiss Style Cheese category in the opening day of the World Championship Cheese Contest at the Monona Terrace in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, March 6, 2018. (Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

Whine, cheese make the return-to-office debate pungent

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Return-to-office review: Employees call for flexibility, while legislation lags

Workforce

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CDC, once largely remote, balances return to office with a burnt-out workforce

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Sillhouettes of employees in an office representing telework.

Upset at DLA over unusually restrictive telework policy

Defense

Environmental Protection Agency Building

EPA finalizes union contract, but AFGE wary of telework’s future

Unions

OPM defends rule to hamper Schedule F’s return, backs telework amid return to office push

Workforce

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2023 Best Places to Work marks a turning point in employee engagement

Workforce

Senators delay federal telework bill to consider adding work-from-home supervision

Congress

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Federal leaders unpack hybrid work’s link to mental health

In a hybrid work environment, federal employees’ mental health and well-being have become remarkably important, said U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.

Workforce

IRS extends remote work pilot, in bid to ‘keep up’ with workforce expectations

The IRS having met the Biden administration’s return-to office goals, is extending its remote work pilot program.

Workforce

Return-to-office review: The latest from Congress, agency leaders and employees

Workforce

With the federal return-to-office conversation always in flux, Federal News Network wants to keep you up-to-date on what it all means for federal employees.