Vermont state employees will have to return to the office at least three days a week beginning December 1st. Governor Phil Scott's mandate has engendered pushback from a significant portion of state employees: More than 3,500 of the state's approximately 8,000 employees signed a petition opposing the order.

Gov. Scott addressed state employees' concerns during a wide-ranging conversation on Vermont Edition on Monday. Here are four key takeaways from the interview.

The return-to-office order should have happened sooner

"I think we went on too long," Scott said when asked why he was calling state employees back to the office now. "Soon after the pandemic we should have instituted this policy," he said, "and then, as I said, the '23 and '24 flood happened. That slowed things down. Bu

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