Federal Employee Resource Center

If a telework accommodation was denied with phrases like “teamwork,” “collaboration,” or “we need you here face-to-face,” pause before accepting that answer as final. Those words m...

When telework is questioned, the greatest risk often is not the policy memo. It is the record being created—quietly—while trying to get through the week.

In federal employment law...

One of the most damaging myths in federal workplaces right now is this: that you must use specific legal language to request a telework accommodation. You do not.

You do not have ...

Federal employees are being told a familiar story: “Leadership says return-to-office, so telework accommodations are over.” That framing is legally risky—and often a sign the agenc...

Federal employees are increasingly hearing a troubling message: “Telework accommodations are basically over.” That statement may reflect agency frustration or shifting workplace cu...

Federal employees who rely on telework should pause and read the fine print of OPM’s revised guidance. The most consequential change is not about where work happens—it is about how...

Federal employees expect reasonable accommodation requests to be handled carefully, confidentially, and by trained professionals. Recent reports out of HHS—and specifically the CDC...

IRS employees are waking up to a harsh reality: the agency has closed out pending hardship telework requests without individualized review, citing a top-down return-to-office manda...

For many federal employees, “Your accommodation is pending—come in or burn leave” has become an unwelcome refrain. With reporting that CDC has over 3,300 requests stuck in limbo as...

CDC and HHS employees have been forwarding the new telework FAQ with a kind of stunned disbelief—and for good reason. The document attempts to cap all telework at 80 hours per year...

For federal employees with medical conditions, few questions come up more often than this: Can telework be a reasonable accommodation? The answer is sometimes yes—but only when it ...

For federal employees navigating the reasonable accommodation process, one question looms large: what if your agency says it can’t accommodate you? The law provides an answer. Befo...