Some staff will have just days to organize their return to the office.

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued a directive largely ending telework and remote work for federal employees, arguing that the workplace flexibility had been abused following ...

On Jan. 20, 2025, a signed return to in-person work memo landed on agency desks and sent managers scrambling. At the Social Security Administration, routine telework collapsed within weeks, even as ...

Newly released research finds that return-to-office mandates are associated with higher departures among skilled and senior ...

Liz Goggin recently had an encounter that reminded her of why she once cherished being a federal employee. She had taken her kids out for ice cream and stopped to chat with a man who was blowing ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Mandated returns to office are meeting stout resistance from workers who have adapted to the benefits of working from home. Heavy-handed ...

Liz Goggin (left), a licensed clinical social worker, and Mahri Stainnak both served in the federal government for more than a decade. In 2025, Goggin quit her job, while Stainnak was fired. She had ...