Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) on Tuesday highlighted a invoice he beforehand launched that challenges a deal for hybrid work protections of federal staff.
“THOUSANDS of federal employees just landed a work from home deal ahead of @realDonaldTrump taking office,” Comer mentioned in a submit on the social platform X. “This is why I introduced the SHOW UP Act. Our government needs to show up for the people it serves.”
Comer, the Home Oversight and Accountability Committee chair, launched the SHOW UP Act in February 2023, which handed within the Home.
The invoice intends to require federal companies to reinstate their 2019 telework insurance policies, after many companies and workplaces throughout the nation transitioned to digital, work-from-home alternatives through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Final week, a Biden administration appointee reportedly agreed to lock in hybrid work protections as President-elect Trump and his administration put together to take over early subsequent yr.
The protections goal tens of hundreds of Social Safety workers and are a part of a number of efforts in anticipation of Trump’s plan to reshape America’s workforce, Bloomberg first reported.
The outlet famous that the American Federation of Authorities Staff, a union representing greater than 40,000 staff, reached an settlement with the Social Safety Administration (SSA) final week.
It’s going to defend hybrid and telework till 2029.
The deal will “maintain current levels of telework,” not essentially enhance them, based on a deal signed by President Biden’s former SSA Commissioner Martin O’Malley.
Trump has appointed tech entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to go a brand new group, the “Department of Government Efficiency.” They’ve introduced plans for “mass” federal layoffs.
In his submit, Comer tagged Ramaswamy and Musk and mentioned it’s “time to hold the bureaucracy accountable.”
