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• Arbitrator orders restoration of telework at Social Security - March 12, 2026

• By Erich Wagner, Government Executive

  The Social Security Administration must restore many of its employees’ ability to work remotely, according to an independent arbitrator who ruled Wednesday that the agency violated and illegally repudiated its contract with the American Federation of Government Employees when it called most workers back to the office full-time last March.

  In January 2025, shortly after President Trump’s return to office, he issued a presidential memorandum purporting to end telework for most federal workers. SSA officials initially stated that it intended to “fully comply” with that memo and said employees would “soon be working in the office five days a week (full-time) with very few exceptions.”

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