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OPM Updates Federal Agency Telework Guidance

The Office of Personnel Management released an updated guide to telework for federal agencies, plus a memo to agency heads on expanding telework programs. The National Treasury Employees Union is seeking more-flexible telework policies for FCC employees while bargaining about…

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returning to in-person work (see 2111020067). “As we look to the future, OPM is encouraging agencies to strategically leverage workplace flexibilities such as telework, remote work, and alternative/flexible work schedules,” said OPM’s 2021 guide to telework. “Agencies demonstrated that they have been able to continue to carry out their missions effectively. As a result, agencies now have an opportunity to revisit how they were operating prior to the pandemic,” said the Friday memo to agency heads from OPM Director Kiran Ahuja. The FCC didn't comment.