The union proposed a full-time telework standard unless the state can show a job can’t be done remotely.

(FOX40.COM) — With less than four months to go before a return-to-office deadline, the largest state worker union is back at the bargaining table. SEIU Local 1000, which represents 100,000 of ...

The tug-of-war between state employees and the state has been ongoing for years. But in July, employees must return to work in person, under a Newsom mandate ...

With the July return-to-office deadline looming, SEIU Local 1000 proposed full-time remote work for state workers.

A 2025 State Auditor report estimated that continued telework for state employees would save California around $225 million a year in real estate and facility costs. Supporters of remote work argue ...

More cars. More people. More hassle. The Department of Agriculture used to let employees telework--meaning work from home--four days a week. On Monday, they changed that to just one day a week. For ...

California Assembly Bill 1729 seeks to establish remote work for state employees and challenge Governor Newsom’s July 1 return-to-office mandate.

Newsom has ordered most state employees to return to the office four days a week starting July 1, 2026, up from a required twice per week.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has told more than 5,500 hybrid and telework employees that they must return to a full on-site work schedule. The move effectively ends remote work at JPL, which ...