Businesses across the board, along with the federal government under President Trump, are moving away from remote work that peaked during the pandemic. Just under 14% of Americans worked fully remote in 2023, down from about 18% in 2021. Julia Pollak, chief economist at Zip Recruiter, joined...
As an example from the Federal government, NPR reports that the Social Security Administration has reduced their case backlog by 11%. Many state and local agencies are also reporting similar improvements. When we get to “the new normal,” it looks like remote work will remain an important ...
Today, remote work is still in widespread use, even as some businesses return to working in offices. Hybrid arrangements, such as in the federal government, offer authorized end users the option to work a certain number of days remotely per pay period. Aremote access strategygives organizations ...
A 2024reportfrom the Biden Administration's Office of Management and Budget says that 54% of federal workers already work fully in person because of their job requirements. The remaining 46%, or 1.1 million workers, are telework eligible. The government employs nearly 2.3...
The Federal Government, looking to add some slack in its budget, has also researched the cost savings of allowing remote work for certain positions. The CBO found that even though the upfront price of implementing telework throughout federal offices would be $30 million, it’s still only a ...
Remote work for the Federal government has historically lagged the private sector, but the pandemic changed the game. Research found that while roughly 59 percent of the Federal workforce worked from home during the first 15 months of the pandemic...
The working group tasked with measuring productivity within Canada's federal public service has not looked at remote work, according to one of its members. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick /The Canadian Press REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your...
Remote work before COVID-19: untapped potential The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that before the coronavirus outbreak, remote work was a privilege of private businesses mainly. A flexible workplace was a benefit accessible for just 7 percent of the US workforce, predominantly highly...
Currently, the federal government has a hybrid work policy which allows employees to work from home for up to three days a week. Article content According to a statement from the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), remote work requests must now be addressed on an individual basis. Union...
But flexible work policies could be used “as an important tool in talent recruitment and retention,” according to the report. Just under half can telecommute Roughly 2.3 million civilians work for the federal government, according to the OMB report, which looked at ...