Advertisement“Guidance for how federal agencies should provide COVID-19 testing for employees is long overdue,” National Treasury Employees Union President Tony Reardon said in an emailed statement. “Even as vaccination rates increase, testing will remain a component of managing the spread of coronavirus and federal agencies should have plans in place.”“It is widely expected that federal agencies with maximum telework in place may recall workers when the pandemic eases,” he said. AdvertisementWhile the number of teleworkers remains high, it has been decreasing as some federal employees have begun returning to the workplace. Story continues below advertisementThe guidance arises from an executive order on safety practices in the federal workplace that President Biden issued on his first day in office. Among other things, it told the CDC to issue central testing standards for the federal workplace, in general.

Source: Washington Post April 16, 2021 17:26 UTC