A former official of the Biden administration has agreed to protect the hybrid office rights of tens of thousands of employees at the American Social Security Administration, making the measures of President-elect Trump to reshape the federal workforce more complex. According to an email obtained by union members, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), representing 42,000 Social Security Administration employees, reached an agreement with the agency last week to guarantee telecommuting before 2029 in the updated contract. AFGE branch president Rich Couture wrote that this new agreement signed by former Social Security Administration director Martin O'Malley, just departed by President Biden, will allow employees to maintain the current level of telecommuting.