Federal Workers Need Annual Approval to Telework Under GOP Bill

Federal office workers would need written permission each year to work from home part-time under a bill announced Tuesday by a key Senate Republican.

Employees would lose the option to work remotely part-time if their performance “falls below acceptable levels” or the needs of their agency change, according to the bill (S. 82) from Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.). Federal departments would need to calculate the potential costs and savings when employees work remotely.

More than one million federal employees—almost half of the civilian workforce—were eligible to work remotely at least part of the time as of May 2024, according to ...