Musk Vows to Suspend Federal Workers Who Don’t Return to Office

Feb. 24, 2025, 3:17 PM UTC

Elon Musk threatened to suspend federal workers who haven’t returned to in-office work by this week, the latest demand of government employees from the billionaire running President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting effort.

“Those who ignored President Trump’s executive order to return to work have now received over a month’s warning,” Musk said in a post Monday. “Starting this week, those who still fail to return to office will be placed on administrative leave.”

Trump on his first day in office ordered all heads of departments and agencies to “take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements,” and require all ...

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