Washington Examiner – by PETE KASPEROWICZ
The Obama administration’s Office of Personnel Management is encouraging federal workers to work from home if it’s too hot to go to the office.
OPM Acting Director Beth Cobert released a memo late last week warning that the severe heat and humidity seen so far this summer makes it “necessary for us all to take precautions and protect ourselves and our family’s health and well-being.”
OPM, which serves as the government’s HR department, said it was reminding agencies about “what they can do to protect all federal workers during potentially dangerous heat waves.” One of those actions is to let workers stay home.
“If your supervisor approves, telework-ready employees may telework from home on a day when air quality conditions are poor,” Cobert wrote.
“If your agency policies allow, an employee working a flexible work schedule may elect to adjust when they come to work and when they leave in order to avoid commuting during the hottest period of the day,” she added. “Employees can also ask for annual leave, earned compensatory time or credit hours on a day when severe heat and humidity are threatening their health and welfare.”
OPM also reminded federal workers to stay inside as much as they can, wear light-colored clothing and “drink more water than usual.”
“I know that all federal employees are dedicated and committed to doing all they can to serve the American people,” she wrote. “At the same time, we all must be mindful of protecting our health during severe weather events — whether cold and storm during winter or the kind of high temperatures and humidity we’ve been experiencing this summer.”
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2597769/
I’m reading this…lol it ain’t even 830 and this epdm roof didn’t roll itself out. Maybe I’m doing it wrong ? What a flocking joke. Greasy.
“I know that all federal employees are dedicated and committed to doing all they can to serve the American people,” she wrote.
One should always start the day with something funny!
It’s too hot. Everyone, take the day off until it becomes too cold to work. What pussies. Unfrigginbelievable! Oh, it’s too nice, I’m takin’ the day off!
It’s a good thing our forefathers had the balls to build what is beginning to crumble today from our neglect. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have anything but dirt. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
um…. I live and work in the DC metro area, and while it has been hot lately, it is not too hot if you have a federal job in an air conditioned office, and commute in an air conditioned car or on an air conditioned metro train. Most people do not commute during the “hottest part of the day” but even so, it is truly not so hot that it can’t be done, if you take basic precautions like drinking extra water and wearing the right clothing. I would be more concerned for the health of people who have outdoor jobs. Some federal employees have outdoor jobs, but most work indoors in the AC. This is the kind of weather we have here in the summer. There is nothing unusual about this heat wave. Maybe Beth Cobert is not from around here.
Matter of fact, why don’t the whole lot of you go on a year-long vacation?
MAKE THAT “PERMANENT VACATION”
“… reminding agencies about “what they can do to protect all federal workers during potentially dangerous heat waves.” One of those actions is to let workers stay home.”
‘Global warming’ perk.
“I know that all federal employees are dedicated and committed…”
If they were all LITERALLY ‘committed’, we wouldn’t be in the mess we’re in now.