"A union representing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workers is accusing the federal agency of jeopardizing accommodations for its disabled employees by ending remote work. In January, the Office of Personnel Management said federal employees would have to return to the office full-time, with the exception of those "excused due to a disability, qualifying medical condition, or other compelling reason certified by the agency head and the employee's supervisor.""
"Then, last month, the Department of Health and Human Services, the parent agency of the CDC, released an updated telework policy that does not include telework as a reasonable accommodation. Members of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), a union representing over 800,000 federal employees across the U.S., say that the revised policy's lack of clarity around remote work has stoked confusion among staff members with remote-work arrangements as well as their supervisors."
A union representing CDC workers says ending remote work jeopardizes accommodations for disabled employees. OPM required federal employees to return to the office full-time while allowing exceptions for disability or other certified reasons. HHS issued a telework policy update that omits telework as a reasonable accommodation. The union reports confusion among staff and supervisors about existing remote-work arrangements. A CDC-branded memo dated Sept. 16 says telework is no longer listed as a reasonable accommodation, defers decisions to HHS, and pauses approvals for pending remote-work accommodation requests until further clarification.
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