5 USC 6503 – Training and monitoring
(a)
(1) an interactive telework training program is provided to—
(A) employees eligible to participate in the telework program of the agency; and
(B) all managers of teleworkers;
(2) except as provided under subsection (b), an employee has successfully completed the interactive telework training program before that employee enters into a written agreement to telework described under section 6502(b)(2);
(3) teleworkers and nonteleworkers are treated the same for purposes of—
(A) periodic appraisals of job performance of employees;
(B) training, rewarding, reassigning, promoting, reducing in grade, retaining, and removing employees;
(C) work requirements; or
(D) other acts involving managerial discretion; and
(4) when determining what constitutes diminished employee performance, the agency shall consult the performance management guidelines of the Office of Personnel Management.
(b)