Congressional Research Employees Association

 
CREA and CRS management are negotiating a congressionally mandated telework policy. In its FY2010 CRS appropriation, the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch included language instructing the Director to “adopt and implement…a telework program modeled on the Library’s existing system.” The Subcommittee expected that CRS should have its new telework policy in effect no later than [...]

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The Legislative Branch Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee included report language in this year’s CRS appropriation requiring the Director of CRS to “adopt and implement” a more flexible telework system. CREA and CRS had negotiated a telework policy as part of the 2005 Collective Bargaining Agreement. However, the Director issued criteria governing its implementation that [...]

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