Jobs Report Shows Federal Employees Have Returned to Office

Federal workers are now back to working in the office at a higher percentage than their private sector counterparts, according to data released this week from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and reported by The Washington Times. The April jobs report indicated that 81.8% of federal workers said they went into the office versus 79.2% in the private sector, the lowest level of teleworking for government workers since prior to the COVID-19 lockdowns of 2020. Nearly 11% of private-sector employees worked "some hours" from home, compared to 8.5% of federal...