How Trumps remote work order affects federal employees NBC Connecticut [Video]

Hours after President Donald Trump was sworn in, he signed an executive order that aims to eliminate remote work among federal workers and get them back in the office full-time.

More than 3 million Americans across the U.S. are federal workers, and about 15% live in the D.C. area, making the government our region’s largest employer.

While it’s still unclear exactly how Trump’s order against remote work will unfold, here’s what we know so far.

Trump’s “return to in-person work” order states:

“Heads of all departments and agencies in the executive branch of Government shall, as soon as practicable, take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person at their respective duty stations on a full-time basis, provided that the department and agency heads shall make exemptions they deem necessary.”

More than 50% of government employees work in-person at jobs that require them to be on-site each day, according to the …