"Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reviewing any reasonable accommodation that its employees have that permit telework or remote work to ensure they are in compliance with guidance that was sent to the agency's workforce on Jan. 26 characterizing work from home as an "option of last resort." In doing so, ICE becomes the latest agency to more strictly scrutinize telework and remote work reasonable accommodations since President Donald Trump largely eliminated work from home flexibility for federal personnel at the start of his second term."
"According to the guidance, which was signed by Todd M. Lyons, the senior official performing the duties of ICE director, all existing telework and remote work reasonable accommodations will convert to an interim status until a review is complete. Interim accommodations, according to the document, are not supposed to exceed 10 business days, "except in extraordinary circumstances.""
ICE is reviewing reasonable accommodations that permit telework or remote work to ensure compliance with Jan. 26 guidance characterizing work from home as an "option of last resort." Officials remain required to provide reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities unless the accommodation would cause an "undue hardship" for the agency. The guidance, signed by Todd M. Lyons, converts existing telework accommodations to interim status pending review and generally limits interim status to 10 business days except in extraordinary circumstances. Employees with pending requests must resubmit them and ICE will create a review board appointed by the assistant director of its Office of Civil Rights Compliance.
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