NEWSOM orders California state workers to return to the office four days a week

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Gavard Gavin Newo today signed a Enforcement order Which requires all state agencies and departments that continue to offer remote work to require a minimum of four days in person a week since July 1. Exceptions may be suggested in any case.

“Face -to -face Work makes us all stronger,” he said in a statement. “When we work together, cooperation improves, innovations are flourishing and responsibility increases. This means better service, better solutions and better results for Californians, while allowing flexibility. “

The order will probably increase the tension between the governor and the unions who represent public officials who have fought for previous efforts to limit the work of the workforce for the state workforce. About 95,000 employees continue to operate remotely or in hybrid capacity, according to the governor’s office.

Newsom Ya He called the workers to return to the office At least two days a week last April, referring to improving efficiency, training and work supervision personally.

His new order claims that these benefits have been undermined by the lack of alignment of employees’ schedules and also points out that “several important employers in the private sector have recently increased the job requirements in person.” But the governor’s cabinet declined to answer why Newsom is now taking measures for state workers to return to the office during the bigger part of the days.

The legal challenges of the orders back to the office continue and they will almost certainly not end with the most NEWSOM term. Arbitration Decision of last year, including the case, the Union representing state lawyers, reinforced California’s power To force employees to work in person, but the union appeals and other cases continue.

Timothy O’Conn, Case President, said Newsom neglects the efficiency of remote work, which, according to his defenders, increases the productivity and well -being of employees while saving money for the state.

“We believe that this is something suddenly that arises from nothing and that this is the wrong order that really ignores the benefits of working work,” O’Conner said in an interview. “This is a very difficult order.”

But the governor presented it as a matter of justice for the entire workforce of the state, made up of over 224,000 people. More than half continue to work personally every day during the pandemic and since then more people have returned to the office, according to their order, including public order agents, medical care providers, road maintenance workers and cleaning staff.

Against the background of Mass cuts in the federal government Newsom’s order also includes a provision for accelerating the hiring of former federal employees in key functions such as fire repayment, weather forecast, forest management, mental health and science.

This article was originally published by CalmattersS