Trump asks federal agencies to make RTO plans for workers living more than 50 miles from an office

[Eugene]

Source: Insider

Trump asks federal agencies to make RTO plans for workers living more than 50 miles from an office

Ayelet Sheffey
Updated Tue, January 28, 2025 at 5:32 AM EST·2 min read

President Donald Trump's administration asked federal agencies to implement plans to return federal workers to the office — including making arrangements for those who live too far away for a regular commute.

On Monday, the Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget issued new guidance that expanded on an RTO executive order for federal workers originally issued on January 20.

Specifically, the memo asked agencies to "determine permanent worksites" for employees who have been working remotely full time and include "the steps the agency will take to move these employees' duty stations to the most appropriate Federal office based on the employees' duties and job functions."

While returning to the office may be more straightforward for workers who live nearby, the memo also asked agencies to provide a description that justifies why employees who live more than 50 miles from existing worksites should receive relocation benefits.

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/news/trump-asks-federal-agencies-rto-211456200.html

[Lovie777]

1. The trust factor with shithole musk and republicans are -0-......................

[tulipsandroses]

2. So the choices are drive 100 miles per day or relocate

Never mind that they may have children that they have to uproot, a spouse that has a job, a mortgage ..

[MichMan]

5. People in the private sector occasionally face transfers and have to make that same decision

My spouse's employer closed her work location and transferred her 90 miles away. She chose to quit instead and eventually took a job with another local employer. It happens

[tulipsandroses]

6. I know it happens. This all or nothing policy is mean spirited.

There is no reason the federal government cannot accommodate remote work. Especially if those people were hired during the Biden Admin as remote .

[johnnyfins]

3. They want to fire or force people to quit

This is gonna get real ugly.

[MichMan]

4. Did they live there when they were hired, with the understanding they would be remote ?

Or were they already employed and then later moved that far away ?