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• Labor Dept. to require workers to spend half of work time in-person, angering union - October 16, 2024

• By Erich Wagner, Government Executive

  The Labor Department’s largest employee union is accusing Acting Secretary Julie Su of shirking her duty to negotiate with the department’s workforce after Su announced that she will implement new telework restrictions later this year.
  
  Last November, the Labor Department announced new restrictions on employees’ use of telework, requiring employees to spend at least five days per biweekly pay period at traditional work sites. Though initially slated for implementation in January 2024, the department postponed those plans in order to negotiate the policy change’s implementation with the National Council of Field Labor Locals, which represents roughly two-thirds of the department’s nearly 15,000 employees and is part of the American Federation of Government Employees.

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