Scientists Demand Flexibility, Not Forced Return-to-Office

CAPS-UAW state scientists are at the table with CalHR to bargain over the Governor’s Return to Office 4-day mandate after delivering their demands on May 4. It is clear that this executive order is not based on fiscal responsibility, ensuring the best service for the people of California, nor maintaining a robust and productive scientific workforce. Scientists demand: Maximum flexibility to telework for workers based on their job duties; that scientists have the fully functional and modern equipment they need to do their jobs; that workplaces are safe, clean and dignified with no roaches and no rats; that the state expands telework to maintain and expand access to the diverse and talented workforce Californians rely on; and that the state stop this RTO mandate that adds a high cost burden to both the state and state workers.