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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can folks clarify whether the guidance is to RTO full time or just more?

I’m a State Department employee presently working in-person 16 hours per week.  Will the likely expectation be for me to work in-person something more like 24 hours per week (I.e., 60 percent), or to return to in-person almost full time?

FYI that I’m on annual leave right now so not receiving any guidance from my management or agency.[/quote]

The reality is that it will be "just more" and not full-time RTO.

This is the beginning of the process to re-open discussion on the portion of the collective bargaining agreements to get people in the office with more frequency (to the extent that your approved home location is located near an office for your agency). My guess is that they will want 90%+ of federal employees reporting to an office 3 days per week.

Lots of agencies have consolidated leases and building footprints. For many agencies, they would no longer be able to host all employees 5 days per week. This is why I think it won't be a 5 days per week RTO - it's basically now impossible to implement with people who have permanent remote agreements and lack of desk space for everyone.

The one element that is still up in the air is how to handle people who still work on high level matters for federal HQ, but do so remotely from a place where no agency office is within 100 miles. Sure, they can adjust locality pay to match up. But clearly it will be impossible for them to report to an office 3 days/week and I can't see how the federal government can force them to move after it approved a new duty station. Those people will likely have a benefit others will never have again, but at the same time I doubt they will see career advancement.[/quote]

Maybe I am not understanding how you are using the phrase reopening with respect to CBAs but unless it is up for renewal I don't see what the grounds would be for re-opening an existing CBA prior to its term just because the politicians don't like TW anymore.  That's part of the point of CBAs is to have certainty regarding its provisions so they don't just change on a whim.[/quote]

Most CBAs allow management or the union to initiate “midterm bargaining” or “midterm negotiations” on working conditions, as necessary.

You can look at all the CBAs here:
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/labor-relations/collective-bargaining-agreements/
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