Anonymous
Post 01/20/2025 19:28     Subject: RTO EO is up
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Glad I got my popcorn early.

Does it turn you on when other people’s lives are upended?


Drama llama? RTO is hardly an upending - have some perspective
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2025 19:27     Subject: RTO EO is up
So how about if you have a reasonable accommodation to remote work?
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2025 19:26     Subject: RTO EO is up
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Remote work and telework are different


Can you explain this more? I am at USPTO and an online form says 100% at home is remote but other places say telework.


From OPM’s website:

In practice, telework is a work arrangement that allows employees to have regularly scheduled days on which they telework and regularly scheduled days when they work in their agency worksite. In contrast, remote work is an arrangement in which an employee, under a written remote work agreement, is scheduled to perform his or her work at an alternative worksite and is not expected to perform work at an agency worksite on a regular and recurring basis. A remote worker’s official worksite may be within or outside the local commuting area of an agency worksite.


Silly. So I’m remote but my work station is my house.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2025 19:25     Subject: RTO EO is up
The governments pressured private companies to RTO, so the Feds and local governments should too.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2025 19:24     Subject: RTO EO is up
What about bargaining contracts and ADA accommodations!
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2025 19:24     Subject: RTO EO is up
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Remote workers are the ones whose duty stations are their homes, so this makes no sense.


That was my first reaction. Remote workers are already at their duty stations.

I agree some agency heads will use this to bring people in more, but they would have anyway. Those who can't or don't care have room not to. If you are lucky and nothing changes for you, I think it would be smart to not draw attention.


Exactly - keep your head down and let time pass
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2025 19:23     Subject: RTO EO is up
Does subject to applicable laws means where there are collective bargaining agreements?
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2025 19:22     Subject: RTO EO is up
Anonymous wrote:Glad I got my popcorn early.

Does it turn you on when other people’s lives are upended?
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2025 19:22     Subject: RTO EO is up
Wow.

Also wondering if private sector will follow. One Biglaw firm recently announced 5 days a week in office.

Anonymous
Post 01/20/2025 19:22     Subject: RTO EO is up
Anonymous wrote:Remote workers are the ones whose duty stations are their homes, so this makes no sense.


That was my first reaction. Remote workers are already at their duty stations.

I agree some agency heads will use this to bring people in more, but they would have anyway. Those who can't or don't care have room not to. If you are lucky and nothing changes for you, I think it would be smart to not draw attention.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2025 19:21     Subject: RTO EO is up
OPM quotes the telework enhancement act in its definition of remote work. The new EO states that it is consistent with applicable law.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2025 19:19     Subject: RTO EO is up
The worst part is that it explicitly says return full time
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2025 19:19     Subject: RTO EO is up
Is remote work applicable to those who moved away? I’m confused
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2025 19:18     Subject: RTO EO is up
If you couldn’t get away with it before COVID, you won’t get away with it now. Prepare accordingly!
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2025 19:18     Subject: RTO EO is up
Remote work: https://www.opm.gov/frequently-asked-questions/telework-faq/remote-work/