Justice Department offices vary widely in how often they expect employees to show up once in-person work plans are scheduled to take full effect next month.
Lawyers in the Civil and Civil Rights divisions will need to be in the office twice every two weeks while lawyers in the Antitrust and Tax divisions must generally come in four days per two-week period, according to a survey by the department’s affinity group, DOJ Gender Equality Network, and internal documents explaining the policies.
Line prosecutors who largely do the same job could stay home every day—or have no telework option—depending on which U.S. attorney’s office employs them, said Adam Hanna, an advocate for assistant U.S. attorneys.
Individual DOJ components can craft their own return-to-work policies, a recognition that a uniform approach isn’t feasible for a workforce of 115,000 that includes lawyers who went fully remote during the pandemic and law enforcement personnel who never had that option.
The patchwork system is prompting calls from two DOJ employee associations for greater consistency as department leaders try to build cohesion while addressing shifting expectations about remote work.
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