Young veterans are more likely to work in jobs with significant physical demands and health risks than civilian peers, new research found. The Department of Veterans Affairs will start buying veterans' failing mortgages to help them stay in their homes. The bill takes issue with federal employees who may be collecting locality pay based on their office location but work from home in a different city. Sustained high prices and limited inventory may pose an issue for workers who moved out from cities to lower cost areas during the pandemic. The bill echoes Republicans’ calls to the White House and leaders of federal agencies to bring teleworking employees back to offices. Unions say agencies are not consulting the workforce before making reentry mandates. Between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m., major roads around the perimeter of the U.S. Capitol will be closed at various intervals in preparation. A move by VA officials to simplify rules for the Post-9/11 GI Bill could cause new problems, advocates warn. As the overall number of federal agencies offering fully remote work dwindles, employees and agencies are coming to terms with new workplace issues. The union said future decisions about telework policies must “based on facts, and not on fear or politics.” Load More