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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Such a weird thing to obsess over. He didn’t care about telework during first term. Why now, suddenly? [/quote]

They want people to quit.  There is no answer other than they want to make things difficult so people quit.  There is also a pay freeze coming so thats another lever they are pulling to get people to quit.  [/quote]

+1.  I'm at another agency and I believe they must want people to quit regardless of function--which they will over time.  [/quote]

I'm standing firm no matter what. Will not allow them to force me out!  But I'm pretty sure that telework is a no go from here on out.[/quote]

Telework is widely available for SES and political appointees. Other MAGA hires are using religious RAs to get telework. They can deny disability RAs but not religious based RAs. They want everyone else to quit[/quote]

Nothing to stop you from using religious RA for TW. [/quote]

Religious RAs have been around at the SEC for some time now, I wouldnt count on being able to use it to get recurring TW.  [/quote]

If you convert to Islam then you can get recurring telework to do daily prayers which is in line with the OPM memo and cannot be denied unless the agency can show significant operational impact.[/quote]

Recurring telework is one option to accommodate prayers, but it is not the only option. They can offer a prayer room at the office, and that would likely be an effective alternate accommodation.[/quote]

+1.  This is the part people are missing about the religious accommodations.  With RAs you dont get to pick your accommodation so a private office with breaks for prayers would be the most likely solution offered by the agency.  Also, the SEC has a dedicated prayer/mediation room they could let you use.[/quote]

Oh really? Guess you can tell that to the MSPB when you're fired for disregarding the memo and violating the executive order Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias.[/quote]

Good luck with that, these go straight to OHR and no one is firing Mark R. [/quote]

The issue I see with that is given network capabilities and the fact that we were successful with so much telework for so long (and arguably more productive), it’s hard to say that telework ISN’T a reasonable accommodation, if not the most reasonable.  People can clearly do their jobs via telework and it doesn’t cost the agency any money.  Furthermore, if you live 2 hours away but you pray at your daily mass or mosque, a prayer room at the SEC isn’t really a reasonable answer.

I get the SEC can provide an alternative accommodation if they choose, but it would seem to open the Agency to liability if they made an employee use an onsite prayer room instead of just allowing telework, if not everyday, certainly for some portion of some days. I mean, have you seen what some people are getting disability RAs for?  Now, many of those are completely legit.  But I can’t imagine saying no to TW to allow daily prayers at someone’s chosen place of worship but yes for some of these ridiculous other reasonable accommodations being approved.

For example.[/quote]

The OPM memo states that telework on a limited basis would be unlikely to pose an undue hardship. Limited basis does not mean full time telework. Moreover, while Muslims have to pray daily, they don’t have to specifically pray at a mosque. And if someone needs to pray at a physical place of worship, they need to request annual leave, not telework.[/quote]

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