Good Evening,
USPTO employees received emails on Friday from management regarding remote work and telework.
POPA’s CBA covers telework. Please look on our website (www.popa.org) under “CBA (2024-2029)” to see the CBA along with the agreement covering telework and many other MOUs. We have telework agreements covering different offices in the USPTO.
If you are covered by POPA, you are in a bargaining unit and the CBA covers you. The memos from the White House, OPM and our management clearly state that bargaining unit members covered by a CBA are not covered by this return to in-person work order.
POPA has no further information at this time.
Questions, comments please send to popahelp@popa.org. Please do not send emails directly to me as my email volume might cause me to miss your email.