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Jan 18, 2025 · For purposes of OPM’s guidance, telework refers to arrangements where the employee is expected to report to work both at an agency worksite and alternative worksite on a regular and recurring basis each pay period. Remote work does not involve an expectation that the employee regularly reports to the agency worksite each pay period.

Jan 24, 2025 · The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) just dropped a major directive that’s bound to shake up the daily routine for thousands of federal employees. ... Trump campaigned on a platform of increasing federal workforce efficiency and accountability, and according to OPM, prolonged telework has led to empty offices, diminished service ...

Jan 22, 2025 · About 10% of federal personnel have fully remote positions, AFGE said. ... Among the subset of federal workers who telework but not eligible for remote work, about 61% of working hours are spent ...

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers online telework training for managers and employees. In addition, many agencies offer their own training as part of the telework policy and procedures.

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has prepared guidance to assist agencies and employees in understanding the rules governing when travel time is considered hours of work for teleworkers and remote workers.

OPM offers interactive telework courses for employees and managers. Telework Fundamentals – Employee Training gives employees a brief, practical introduction to telework. It offers tools for deciding whether telework is a good fit for you and for the specific job you hold.

On January 22, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management issued a guidance memorandum further clarifying the earlier presidential memorandum. Under the guidance memorandum, agencies were directed to update their telework policies to restrict telework to cases of disability or other qualifying medical condition, or for what agency management ...

Jan 21, 2025 · In the final days of the Biden administration, former acting director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management Rob Shriver defended the federal government's telework policies, telling reporters ...

Jan 13, 2025 · The Office of Personnel Management said preparations for Inauguration Day next Monday will create traffic disruptions and road closures in the nation’s capital. OPM is asking agencies to work in a maximum telework posture to try to ease at least some of that traffic.