US EditionArkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders Ends Regular Use of Remote Work for State Employees
Governor Sanders ends remote work for state employees and expands Infant at Work policy statewide to support families, part of Arkansas Forward saving $300 million and raising salaries for two-thirds of workers.
- Arkansas state government will discontinue regular remote work options beginning October 1, 2025, as communicated by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
- This policy change follows responses to COVID-19 workplace measures implemented five years ago, which the administration now considers inefficient and outdated.
- The Arkansas Forward initiative introduces updated policies including longer weekday operating hours for state offices, a push for in-person meetings over virtual ones, adoption of flexible work schedules to ensure full coverage, and the statewide rollout of the Infant at Work program allowing eligible employees to bring young infants to their workplace with supervisor approval.
- The new pay plan under Arkansas Forward raised salaries for two-thirds of executive branch workers, and the state identified over $300 million in cost savings across agencies.
- These measures aim to create a responsive, efficient government by fostering collaboration and providing family flexibility without making remote work the norm.
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Arkansas executive branch to limit remote work, allow infants in the office
The Arkansas Capitol on Nov. 14, 2024. (Mary Hennigan/Arkansas Advocate)The executive branch of Arkansas state government will limit its remote work policy and extend its office hours, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced in a Thursday news release. Remote work became typical when the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, but this “inefficient” policy will end Oct. 1, Sanders said. “Modern technology is excellent and gives us great flexibility durin…
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders ends regular use of remote work for state employees
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has announced new work policies for state executive branch employees. Sanders announced she is ending the regular use of remote work in state government, starting Oct. 1. Arkansas is the 5th worst state for working from home, study says In a letter from Sanders, she explained that the heavy use of remote work was a response to the COVID-19 pandemic but said the state must adapt t…
Sanders Ends Remote Work, Virtual Meetings for State Employees
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday announced sweeping changes to office policies for all Arkansas executive branch employees. As part of the Arkansas Forward initiative, the regular use of remote work in state government is ending, in-person rather than virtual meetings are being encouraged, government office hours are being extended from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., standardized flexible and alternative work schedule policies have been announce…
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