Federal Agencies Have 30 Days to Implement Trump’s Return-to-Office Order, Memo Says

‘Seeking to cajole individual agencies to try to get employees to return to the worksite has not succeeded.,’ an Office of Personnel Management memo says.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) building in Washington on Sept. 19, 2006. Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images

Federal agencies were given a deadline to implement a return-to-work mandate issued this week by President Donald Trump.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) said in a memo that federal agencies should require employees to meet in-office deadlines within 30 days of the policy announcement. The guidelines say the heads of those agencies have until 5 p.m. ET on Friday to revise their telework policies.