Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) on Thursday reintroduced his measure requiring federal staff to return to the workplace, ending pandemic-era norms that allowed them to work remotely.
Comer, the Home Oversight and Accountability Committee chair, launched the SHOW UP Act practically two years in the past, which handed within the Home however was not accredited by the Senate.
“The pandemic is long over and it’s past time for the federal workforce to show up to the office to better fulfill agencies’ missions and serve the American people,” Comer mentioned in an announcement asserting the discharge of the brand new invoice and criticizing the Biden administration’s telework insurance policies.
The invoice would require federal companies to reinstate extra stringent telework insurance policies from 2019.
The Biden administration sought to lock in hybrid work protections in preparation of President-elect Trump’s second time period. It might defend hybrid and telework till 2029 for a lot of staff, specifically within the Social Safety Administration, and would “maintain current levels” of telework.
Comer’s invoice would require federal companies to cut back telework insurance policies to their 2019 ranges inside 30 days and require them to submit retrospective research to Congress inside 6 months to element how the hybrid fashions impacted their work.
Federal staff are bracing for Trump’s return to the White Home and could also be focused by some insurance policies.
Tech entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who have been tapped to steer Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency,” have introduced plans for “mass” federal layoffs.
