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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staff told to work remotely as headquarters is shuttered (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 5 months ago by lemmy_news@lemmy.wtf to c/economy@lemmy.world

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is also why Musk wants control of payment. Shutter the office and stop paying. "See they weren't fired, they left when we stopped paying them."

[–] ohYouKnow@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The legal term for this is constructive termination, i.e. fabricating a situation in which the natural result would be an employee leaving.

[–] stickyShift@midwest.social 8 points 5 months ago

Catch 22, government employees aren't allowed to work remotely

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 5 months ago

Is this supposed to be a punishment?

People with kids at home might not like it but wasting time on that commute is cancer.