On his first day back in office last month, President Donald Trump ordered federal employees to return to their offices, joining the likes of Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Dell among private sector companies seeking to cut back or end the work-from-home trend.
In a Jan. 20 executive order, Trump ordered executive branch agencies to “take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person at their respective duty stations on a full-time basis,” though department heads were allowed to make “exemptions they deem necessary.” In New Jersey, the trend has caused concerns among one of the groups that benefited the most from telecommuting: workers with disabilities, who saw their employment rates spike in recent years.
Some fear the new atmosphere could undermine recent gains. To read the full story.