STAT+: CDC moves to end telework for employees, including those with medical needs
\n \t
\n
<\/BR>
\n
\n \t
\n
<\/BR><\/p>\n
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ended full-time telework agreements for reasonable accommodations for many employees, according to multiple employees familiar with the policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Supervisors in some centers have been told in recent days that they can no longer approve temporary 90-day agreements for full-time telework, even requiring people with existing agreements to come into the office.\u00a0<\/p>\n
These decisions have not been communicated in writing but were quickly disseminated in individual and all-staff meetings with CDC employees on the first morning back after the federal government shutdown ended. It\u2019s the latest decision in a head-spinning saga that federal workers with disabilities and temporary health needs say has hindered their job performance and weakened their faith that the federal government is a place for them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Continue to STAT+ to read the full story\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n