SEC Calls Workers Back Full Time to Comply With RTO Mandate (2)

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has instructed all staff to return to the office full time starting April 14, according to an agency-wide email reviewed by Bloomberg.

The message follows an executive order mandating in-person work as the Trump administration slashes the size of the federal government and fires thousands of workers.

The SEC directive, sent Wednesday by the agency’s chief operating officer, covers the unionized workforce, with limited exceptions “for the time being.” Those include employees who already have full-time remote arrangements or who have telework locations more than 50 miles from an SEC office.

The agency’s chapter ...