President Trump is asking millions of federal employees to return to work.
In an order issued Monday, the White House directed all U.S. government departments and agencies in the executive branch to end remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work full-time. . Department heads can exempt some workers from the requirement.
This presidential order is blizzard of action Mr. Trump announced. his inauguration dayincluding directives on the economy, migration and climate change.
The president also reinstated a policy that would lift job protections from tens of thousands of government employees, a step toward allowing the White House to potentially fill government agencies with employees politically aligned with Trump. There is a possibility that it will happen.
The executive order is one of several directives targeting 2.3 million federal employees that require reinstatement, as well as hiring freezes, changes to hiring rules, and other measures that make it easier to fire senior career employees. It also includes measures.
The White House insisted it had taken the necessary steps to rein in what Trump and his allies see as a “deep state” that resisted his actions during the president’s first term.
One of the executive orders signed by the president on Monday night said: “There are numerous and well-documented instances in which career federal employees have resisted and undermined the policies and directives of executive leadership.” It has been stated. “The principles of good government therefore require action to restore accountability to career public servants.”
Critics see the touted policy as an effort to undermine the very foundations of the civil service, where people are hired based on merit and cannot be fired arbitrarily.
Government jobs included border patrol agents, meat inspectors, and specialized personnel overseeing cleanup regulations.
Union opposition is expected.
The return-to-office directive is expected to face a battle with federal labor unions, some of which have stipulated remote working in their contracts.
A union representing government employees denounced the mandate as a throwback to the patronage system that oversaw federal employees until the end of the 19th century.
“All Americans have a vested interest in ensuring that federal employees are free to carry out the duties of the agencies that employ them, without fear of political interference.” said Everett Kelly, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees. Federal and District of Columbia governments.
Kelly called Trump’s order “a blatant attempt to corrupt the federal government by stripping employees of their right to due process and allowing them to be fired for political reasons.”
