City workers have been notified to return to their offices in Oakland, where the downtown office vacancy rate keeps rising.

Starting February 18, all unrepresented department directors, deputy directors, managers and supervisors will be expected to come into the office four days a week. The four-days-per-week RTO policy will apply to all other city workers, as of April 7.

In a letter to labor leaders and elected officials, city administrator Jestin Johnson said Oakland intends to discontinue the telecommuting work program it established during the pandemic, the San Francisco Business Times reported.

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