The U.S. Senate is taking the lead in evolving remote work by implementing a new “work-from-deathbed” policy.
The fresh take on the ordinary work-from-home policy allows members of the U.S. Senate to work and hold office from their hospital beds so they can stay in power even as they’re running out of it.
The policy stipulates that while working from said deathbed, a sitting U.S. Senator “is not responsible for disclosing his or her state as it pertains to being alive.”
This specific clause in the policy is stirring up controversy as some members of Congress argue that constituents deserve to know whether or not their representatives are alive, while other members argue that the disclosure of such information complicates an already difficult work-life balance.
“It’s a slippery slope,” said one anonymous Senator from his hospital bed. “If you give them an inch, they’ll take a mile. Right now it’s ’Are you alive?’ but what will they want to know next? My lunch order? My home address? I mean, good grief.”
Since the controversial policy has gone into effect, some members of the Senate are working on broadening the rule even further to allow U.S. Senators to continue their work in the form of angels and demons, asking the question, “are spiritual beings not also technically alive?”
The Senate will make their decision upon their return from holiday.