The Social Security Administration is appealing an arbitrator’s decision requiring the agency to restore telework for its employees.
A third-party arbitrator ruled last month that SSA violated its collective bargaining agreement with the American Federation of Government Employees when it indefinitely suspended telework, and ordered the agency to restore workplace flexibilities that had been in place before mid-March 2025.
An SSA spokesperson said in a statement Friday that the agency has appealed the case to the Federal Labor Relations Authority, which has a majority of Trump appointees. SSA is not obligated to comply with the arbitrator’s decision while the case is under FLRA appeal. …
5 comments:
Let’s be realistic, teleworking is NOT happening under this administration.
It really sucks to see so-called "leaders" working so, so hard to screw their employees in every way they possibly can.
Even if gas rises to $10 per gallon and the private sector increases telework as a result, the federal government under this administration will still make everyone come into the office 5 days a week.
The telework for SSA at this time and it seems like the Administration will win on appeal. The question is, will SSA leaders try to prohibit telework as a reasonable accommodation?
Reasonable accommodations doesn’t exist in this administration.
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