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Senate Panel Passes Telework Reform Bill, Fierce Debate over Monitoring Employees
The debate over telework for federal employees roared back to life on Capitol Hill, as the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a meeting to review telework legislation, along with other priorities.
The Telework Reform Act (S. 3015), passed the committee on a 9-2 vote. The legislation codifies telework and remote work into law. It uses the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) definitions for both. Telework is defined as requiring workers to commute to a traditional worksite at least twice per pay period. Remote work is defined as a scenario when employees rarely need to work from federal facilities.
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