Kentucky Republican Rep. James Comer will advance legislation next Congress to reduce telework for federal employees, a top target for the incoming Trump administration.
Comer, the House Oversight and Accountability Committee chair, said in a Washington Times op-ed Tuesday his panel will quickly move the “Stopping Home Office Work’s Unproductive Problems (SHOW UP) Act” to eliminate telework policies that became prevalent during the Covid-19 pandemic. President-elect Donald Trump’s conservative allies want government staffers in the office five days a week, which they hope will lead to many leaving the federal workforce instead.
“Pandemic-era telework policies must end, and federal employees must return to in-person work,” Comer said in his op-ed.
The House passed the bill, H.R. 139, last year, but it was never considered by the Senate.
