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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Email came out from our Agency -- noted that they intended to fully comply but will discuss with peer agencies and fulfill collective bargaining obligations in revising the telework policies.

I don't wish to be in my agency leadership's shoes now. I'll gladly take the 2 days/PP TW that we used to have before COVID. Most of us are back 4-6 days/PP anyway and adding a couple of days is not a problem. The pointless pinprick requests for situational TW will drive my poor supervisor mad. [/quote]

Didn't you see the followup OPM did on situational telework? There will not be requests to your manager. Besides, it's your manager AND agency head who have to approve situational telework. https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USOPM/bulletins/3ce821e[/quote]

I did and it makes no sense. Agency heads are ridiculously busy (mine is out of DC/US half the time). How will they certify a measly request for a 1 hour telework so I can attend a 10 AM meeting downtown if they are in Singapore that day? Ridiculous. Unless they mean recurring telework (which apparently won't exist)....[/quote]

They won't. That's the point. The vast majority of individual situational telework requests won't seem important enough to elevate. So people will have to take leave or commute in every. Single. Time. [/quote]

Wait, why would I take leave to go to a work meeting? I wasn't talking about a personal appointment. I am often on interagency working groups that meet downtown or in the 'burbs. How would I count the time traveling from my agency to the meeting and back? [/quote]

Oh. I was confused by your post because you wouldn't need to request situational TW to travel to and from a work meeting. That's just work.

What you wouldn't be able to do would be travel to a meeting in the burbs near your house, then telework from there the rest of the day. Nope, even if it ends at 3:30 PM, drive back downtown so you can drive back home. [/quote]

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