Proposed Legislation Would Return State Employees to the Office

Thursday, January 30th, 2025 -- 9:00 AM

(Wisconsin Radio Network) Proposed legislation would return state employees to the office.

According to the Wisconsin Radio Network, Representative Amanda Nedweski has introduced legislation, alongside state Senator Cory Tomczyk to return state employees to in-person work.

Nedweski chairs the new Assembly Committee on Government Oversight, Accountability, and Transparency. The Pleasant Prairie Republican says nearly five years after the COVID pandemic, a significant number of state employees continue to work remotely while productivity diminishes and office buildings sit mostly empty.

She cites two 2023 Legislative Audit Bureau reports highlighting use of telework and space management in state agencies and the UW System. The proposal requires that all state employees return to work in their physical offices by July 1.

Those whose job duties were already being performed off-site prior to March 2020 are exempt.

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