The memo follows a request by a coalition of unions representing DoD employees that DoD continue to allow that exception. Image: goodluz/Shutterstock.com
The Defense Department has indefinitely extended an exception to general teleworking policy by allowing employees to continue to telework even though they have children or others in the home at the same time who may need care.
“Under this exception, DoD Components may allow their civilian employees to telework with a child or other persons requiring care or supervision present at home. Employees must still account for work and non-work hours during their tour of duty and take appropriate leave (paid or unpaid) to account for time spent away from normal work-related duties to care for a child or other person requiring care or supervision,” a Pentagon memo says.
“This exception will remain in place until telework guidance is updated in the next revision of the Consolidated DoD Coronavirus Disease 2019 Force Health Protection Guidance,” it adds, without indicating when that might be. That guidance was most recently updated in April to consolidate a number of prior issuances.
The memo follows a request by a coalition of unions representing DoD employees that DoD continue to allow that exception, which otherwise would have expired with fiscal year 2022 on September 30. The unions argued that affected employees have been effectively getting their work done for many months and that the prospect of ending the exception was “causing much angst and disruption” among employees—points the new DoD memo does not directly address.
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