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2021 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - SB1100 (Committee Approved)

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Establish Return to Work Policies for State Government (language only) (language only)

Item 83 #1s

Item 83 #1s

Administration
Department of Human Resource Management

Language

Page 82, after line 28, insert:

“N.1. In order to ensure the continuity of state government operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Human Resource Management (DHRM), and with the assistance of all other state agencies upon their request, shall establish the criteria and develop a return-to-work policy for all state employees presently working remotely on either a partial or full-time basis, pursuant to applicable federal and state guidelines.

2. Furthermore, DHRM, in collaboration with the Department of General Services, the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, and any other state agency upon request, shall examine the Commonwealth's existing telework policies, and how agency program and service delivery tools and methodologies employed during the COVID-19 pandemic may inform future policy objectives regarding the use of telework and alternative work schedules as a means of achieving administrative efficiencies, and reducing cost, and sustaining the hiring and retention of a highly qualified workforce. DHRM shall report to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees on its findings, and suggested policies, instructions and guidelines by September 1, 2021.”



Explanation

(This amendment directs the Department of Human Resource Management, in collaboration with other state agencies, to develop return-to-work policies for state government employees to ensure the continuity and performance of state government operations, to examine agency performance and sevice delivery, and to examine the Commonwealth's telework policies and how they may inform future policy objectives. A report on such findings and recommendations is due to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees by September 1, 2021.)