President Trump Cancels Remote Work Policy

United States President, Donald Trump, has ordered all departments and agencies in the executive branch to terminate remote work arrangements.

Naijaonpoint reported that President Trump signed about 200 executive orders and memoranda on the first day of his presidency on Monday.

Among these is an executive order that canceled remote work, an initiative started by former President Joe Biden‘s administration, during the coronavirus pandemic.

Titled ‘Return to In-Person Work’, the new executive action permitted exemption only when most unavoidable.

“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.

“This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable law,” it read in part.

The 47th President of America, Trump, also canceled the hiring of Federal civilian employees to be applied throughout the executive branch.

“By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order a freeze on the hiring of Federal civilian employees, to be applied throughout the executive branch. As part of this freeze, no Federal civilian position that is vacant at noon on January 20, 2025, may be filled, and no new position may be created except as otherwise provided for in this memorandum or other applicable law. Except as provided below, this freeze applies to all executive departments and agencies regardless of their sources of operational and programmatic funding,” it read.

Meanwhile, military personnel of America’s armed forces, immigration enforcement, national security, or public safety were exempted from the order.

“This order does not apply to military personnel of the armed forces or to positions related to immigration enforcement, national security, or public safety. Moreover, nothing in this memorandum shall adversely impact the provision of Social Security, Medicare, or Veterans’ benefits. In addition, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) may grant exemptions from this freeze where those exemptions are otherwise necessary,” it added.