2025-03-04T03:38:59Z Read in app California is requiring all state employees to come into offices four days a week starting July 1. Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.Have an account? California is mandating that state employees return to the office four days a week starting by July.The move aligns with a White House mandate for federal workers to return full-time.Companies like Amazon and JPMorgan also require in-person work, ending remote policies.California is requiring most state employees to come into the office at least four days a week by July 1.Gov. Gavin Newsom's office said on Monday that the state employs 224,000 full-time workers and that over half have returned to daily in-office work."When we work together, collaboration improves, innovation thrives, and accountability increases," Newson said in a statement on Monday.The announcement said that telework would be granted on a case-by-case basis, including for employees who do not live near their offices.The order follows a wider White House mandate to return federal workers to the office full time. States, including Ohio and Virginia, require their employees to work in person, ending pandemic-era telework policies.Similarly, companies including Amazon, JPMorgan, and Salesforce have required their employees to return to in-person work.