Personnel Secretary Mary Elizabeth Bailey urged lawmakers to maintain remote work flexibility for Kentucky state government employees, highlighting its importance for balancing professional and personal commitments. Recent legislation proposed by the Kentucky Senate seeks to end telecommuting for most state workers, requiring them to return five days a week to offices. Currently, about one-third of state employees telecommute to some extent, which allows them to work responsively outside traditional hours. Bailey argues that the hybrid work model mirrors successful practices in the private sector and meets the diverse needs of the workforce.
Remote work offers valuable professional and personal flexibility for thousands of Kentucky state government employees that should not be eliminated by the General Assembly.
We believe the current hybrid plan we have is the right mix now. It is similar to what is used by the majority of private businesses in the U.S.
Requiring state employees to work out of offices ends the flexibility that currently allows some of them to be responsive from other locations at night and on weekends.
At present, 33% of the state executive branch's employees telecommute from home no more than two days a week.
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