DOL to Begin Reopening Offices, Sending Senior Staff Back (1)

The Labor Department is instructing all political appointees and senior career executives nationwide to return to their offices beginning June 22, ending a three-month period during which these workers were encouraged to telework to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus.

“All states have begun phased reopening around the nation. As the leaders of the Department of Labor, we have a responsibility to bring our employees back efficiently and safely,” Deputy Labor Secretary Patrick Pizzella told staff Monday in an email shown to Bloomberg Law. “In keeping with that goal, DOL’s non-career staff and career Senior Executive Service members should lead by ...