Punching In: DOL Moves Ahead With In-Office Mandate for Staffers

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers.

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Rebecca Rainey: US Department of Labor employees will have to report in-person about 50% of the time starting early next year, per an email last week from acting Labor Secretary Julie Su.

Staffers who are currently teleworking will be required to be at their “duty station”—which could be in-office or out in the field—at least five days per two-week pay period starting Jan. 28, Su wrote in the Nov. 28 email to staff that was obtained by Bloomberg Law.

The move is partly due to the fact that “reliance ...