Rick Scott, Marco Rubio to federal workers: Get back to the office
A group of Republican U.S. senators – including Florida's Marco Rubio and Rick Scott – introduced the companion to a piece of House-passed legislation that would require federal agencies to revert to pre-pandemic telework policies – a sign that the Biden administration’s recent efforts to counter GOP criticism of workplace flexibility were ineffective.
The Stopping Home Office Work’s Unproductive Problems (SHOW UP) Act (H.R. 139 and S. 1565) would require agencies to “reinstate and apply the telework policies, practices and levels ... in effect on December 31, 2019,” within 30 days of the bill’s enactment.
If agencies want to expand telework beyond 2019 levels, they would have to submit an O...
