Texas government agencies move to limit work-from-home policies

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : "State agencies were notified today of the Governor's expectation that employees be in the office full time, as soon as practicable, in accordance with state law," reads a Tuesday email to staffers at the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Political Points Get the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.
57% : "With remote federal workers returning to the office where possible, it's important that state agencies ensure they do the same.
57% : "It's time to begin rolling out the second phase of our plan to ensure that HHS meets the expectations of state leadership and Texans," Young wrote.
57% : " The Department of Licensing and Regulation is requiring most workers to come back this month as well.
54% : Even so, many employers, state agencies included, found benefits to a remote workforce that made them disinclined to update those policies.
54% : Advertisement The vast majority of state agencies told the budget board flexible work policies improved recruitment and retention - one of the biggest challenges state agencies face.
51% : " Huffman last year directed the Legislative Budget Budget board, which oversees state spending matters, to survey state agencies about the impact of post-pandemic remote work policies.
49% : Based on instructions from the governor's office to review pandemic-era policies allowing government employees to work from home, state agencies are moving to pull some remote workers back to the office over the next several months.
43% : Advertisement Health and Human Services has reduced its work space as more than one-third of its 38,000 employees work remotely at least one day a week.

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