Justice Department to Start Plan for More Staff in Office (1)

The Justice Department will start phasing out its maximum telework flexibility for employees in March, citing improvements in Covid-19 rates and potential vaccine availability for young children.

Although “many thousands” of DOJ’s some 115,000 workers have continued to report to the office during the pandemic, “we are ready for a shift away from our agency-wide maximum telework posture,” Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco told employees in an email obtained by Bloomberg Law and later confirmed by the agency.

The agency’s No. 2 official pledged in the Monday email that “this does not mean merely a return to pre-pandemic operations,” and ...