Federal Employee Resource Center

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...

If you are a federal employee navigating disability accommodations, you already know the law can feel like a maze. Agencies have trained coordinators, HR specialists, and sometimes...

For federal employees navigating disability accommodations, the first question is often: “Do I need a lawyer for this?” The truth is, not always. If your request is straightforward...

Overnight reports suggest that the CDC told employees with disabilities that telework would no longer be considered a reasonable accommodation. If accurate, that directive is more ...

If you've been feeling the pressure of being forced back into the office—or if your reasonable accommodation (RA) request for telework has been denied or delayed—take a deep breath...

There’s good news for military spouses in federal employment! The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recently issued a memo affirming that military spouses are exempt from return...

If you’ve requested a reasonable accommodation as a federal employee, you might assume your agency will process it promptly. Unfortunately, delays are all too common—and they can e...