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Questions and answers
Yes. The Act requires termination of a telework agreement under a number of circumstances including:
- If the employee has been officially disciplined for being absent without permission for more than 5 days in any calendar year (5 U.S.C. 6502(a)(2)(A));
- If the employee has been officially disciplined for violations of subpart G of the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch for viewing, downloading, or exchanging pornography, including child pornography, on a Federal Government computer or while performing official Federal Government duties (5 U.S.C. 6502(a)(2)(B));
- If telework continues to diminish employee or agency performance, even after attempts to mitigate such diminishment have been attempted; or
- If an employee does not comply with the terms of the written agreement (5 U.S.C. 6502(b)(3)).