All city workers return to the office after failed court fight NBC10 Philadelphia [Video]

A day that has been long discussed has finally arrived as the last 20% of city workers, who were working from home or had a hybrid schedule over the past three years, have to return to in-office work on Monday.

The day comes after Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker, in May, mandated that all municipal employees return to in-office work in an effort to create a more visible and accessible government.

“I can’t make good on my promise to you without the hard work of the men and women that keep Philadelphia moving,” Parker told taxpayers, last week, in defending the mandate.

The decision ended the city’s virtual work policy, put in place in 2021, and essentially returns employee scheduling to what it was before the coronavirus pandemic.

Parker has said this ruling “establishes generally” that all work will be done on-site and it will sunset the city’s virtual work policy.

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