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No. Existing Federal statutes, including the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010, do not extend any legal rights or entitlements to telework or remote work to any employee. Instead, telework is a strategic management tool and workplace flexibility established to facilitate the accomplishment of work, while balancing the needs of the workforce. Similarly, remote work is a human capital tool that can be used to recruit and retain a diverse workforce. Agencies should not treat telework as an exception to a traditional full-time in-person work schedule, or as a performance management tool or incentive. Rather, agencies should leverage their experiences with expanded telework during the pandemic to institutionalize telework programs as a routine way of doing business.