SEC Staff's Hard Line on Inspections Could Force Wall Street Workers Back to Offices

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Tensions have been building on Wall Street for months over work-from-home policies, as CEOs from some of the biggest banks and brokerage firms maneuver to bring employees back to their desks full time. Now, in a strange twist, the SEC may give the executives’ push a big boost.

At issue is a technical, but important, spat that has been festering between t…