Summary
A federal employee union has filed a complaint against the Trump administration, alleging that new policies will make it harder for workers, particularly those with disabilities, to receive workplace accommodations like telework. They claim these changes violate laws that require reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities. The union plans to pursue formal arbitration to address these issues.
Key Facts
- The complaint was filed by the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU).
- The policies in question involve the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and access to telework.
- The new policy requires higher-level approval for telework requests by employees with disabilities.
- The union argues this could delay requests and discourage employees from seeking telework accommodations.
- HHS has allegedly not responded to the union's grievance.
- The Trump administration is also ending remote work for government staff and has implemented other workforce changes, like hiring freezes.
- The NTEU plans to seek arbitration to determine if HHS violated their agreement to negotiate policy changes with the union.
