Back to Work Act

Summary

Back to Work Act This bill limits federal agency employees' telework to up to 40% of the work days in any pay period and eliminates certain pay increases for teleworking employees. Under current law, executive agencies must maintain policies detailing how their employees may work remotely and enter into telework agreements with participating employees. The bill requires telework agreements to cap employees' telework at 40% of the work days in a pay period, specify that the agency will monitor employees' telework via remote technical methods, and make telework subject to annual review by the agency. The bill also eliminates locality-based and automatic annual pay adjustments for employees with telework agreements. The bill authorizes agencies to further restrict the amount of telework permitted based on an employee's specific role or other circumstances (e.g., working with classified information). Agencies may also waive the limitation for inclement weather or exigent circumstances or for an employee who (1) is married to a member of the Armed Forces or federal law enforcement officer; (2) holds a position requiring highly specialized experience or frequent travel; or (3) holds a position that is difficult to fill. Additionally, the bill requires annual agency reports to Congress describing the effectiveness of agency telework policies. The Government Accountability Office must evaluate the accuracy and thoroughness of each report in an accompanying report to Congress.

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Timeline

1. 13 January 2025

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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2. 13 January 2025

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 13 January 2025

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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• Introduced in House

  Introduced in House · EN · 13 January 2025

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 13 January 2025

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Sponsors

• Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] · R · Sponsor
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