Military spouses who work for the federal government will be granted an exemption from the return to office mandate, the Trump administration announced this week, Axios reported.

In January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order mandating the heads of all departments and agencies in the executive branch require in-person work “as soon as practicable” with “exemptions they deem necessary.”

The new directive carves out an exception for some workers and applies to spouses of active-duty military members, disabled or deceased Armed Forces members, and members of the U.S. Foreign Service on overseas assignments, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management.

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