EPA to Vastly Widen Telecommuting Rights for Union Employees

The EPA has reached three tentative agreements with its biggest union on telecommuting, remote work, and work schedules—a significant win for workers who have long pressed for more flexibility and control over their work-life balance.

The pacts also will help the Environment Protection Agency fulfill its mission by preventing skilled employees from drifting away to other jobs, according to Joyce Howell, vice president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 3631 and the union’s chief negotiator.

“I think this administration is getting that we are a great asset of the U.S.,” Howell said ...