Federal Agencies Have Until Friday to Order End of Remote Work

Federal agency heads by Friday must order their employees to report to the office full time, according to a notice from the federal government’s HR office.

Agency leaders should set a date of roughly 30 days for employees to comply with the change, according to a Wednesday memo from Acting Office of Personnel Management Director Charles Ezell. Disabled employees or those with another “compelling reason” certified by their supervisor and the agency leader won’t have to report to the office, Ezell wrote.

Employees that live more than 50 miles from their agency’s office will be assigned to another location, according ...