NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab ending remote work policy for nearly 5,500 employees. 'Employees who do not return by their required date will be considered to have resigned.'

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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has told more than 5,500 hybrid and telework employees that they must return to a full on-site work schedule.

The move effectively ends remote work at JPL, which had been a fixture at the Pasadena, California lab since the pandemic. Many of JPL's nearly 5,500 employees work on hybrid, or fully-remote schedules. Employees were notified via email Thursday (May 22) that an end to telework would take effect on Aug. 25 for general employees within California, and Oct. 27 for teleworkers living outside the state.