Breaking...Nebraska commission says the state violated order to pause return-to-office mandate

[Omaha Steve]

https://omaha.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/employees-union-nape-nebraska-violated-order-return-to-office/article_4581df34-ce97-5aee-8101-0fbe4ca8c391.html

LINCOLN — Nebraska's commission responsible for settling labor disputes ruled Wednesday that some state departments violated the commission's order to pause return-to-office directives for remote workers represented by the state's largest public employee union.

The Commission of Industrial Relations in December granted the Nebraska Association of Public Employees temporary relief from Gov. Jim Pillen's executive order broadly ending remote and hybrid work for executive branch employees.

In a Dec. 29 order, the CIR told the state to keep the status quo in place as commissioners consider NAPE's petition seeking to force the state to negotiate the terms of remote work for public employees.

The December order was meant to ensure that NAPE members who had work-from-home agreements in place prior to Pillen's return-to-office mandate could continue working remotely until the commission ultimately decides whether Pillen has the authority to unilaterally end remote work under the state's labor contract with NAPE.

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