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Unlike federal employees who were called back to their offices when President Donald Trump returned to the White House, California state workers are still enjoying some telework privileges.
The majority of public servants who are eligible to work remotely are turning up to state offices at least twice a week, per Gov. Gavin Newsom’s directive issued last April . But the provision included language to allow employees to keep working remotely full-time on a case-by-case basis, notably for reasonable accommodations or “individual circumstances and the specific needs and objectives of the department.”…