Justice Department Ups In-Office Days to Six Every Two Weeks (1)

The Justice Department will start requiring employees to work in-person at least six days per two-week pay period, a decline in telework flexibility affecting thousands of attorneys nationwide.

The policy changes, which stemmed from a White House directive to increase in-person work at federal agencies, are intended to “build a stronger, more connected workforce,” said Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco in a staff-wide email Tuesday obtained by Bloomberg Law.

Revisions will take effect Jan. 14 to the wide range of telework procedures that had remained in place since the pandemic for DOJ legal divisions and other offices. Attorneys at some ...