US EditionUnion threatens legal action as feds increase public servants’ in-office time
The federal government aims to increase on-site presence amid a $60 billion spending review, with 40,000 job cuts planned, union threatens legal action over the mandate change.
- On Thursday, the Treasury Board ordered full-time return for executives in May and most public servants to work four days a week in-office starting in July, updating remote-work rules.
- The move follows a comprehensive expenditure review that prompted departments and agencies to notify staff of cuts, targeting 8,230 employee positions and 425 executive positions across 24 departments.
- The Public Service Alliance of Canada said changing remote-work rules mid-negotiations is grounds for legal action and it will fight the decision 'every step of the way', having filed five unfair labour practice complaints.
- The Treasury Board said it will engage with unions to implement the new plan, while Public Services and Procurement Canada will work on office-space issues; Adam Blondin, CRA spokesperson, said CRA is reviewing implementation.
- The union said remote-work rules have been a source of friction since COVID-19, and Heather McPherson raised concerns Friday about timing amid job cuts.
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OTTAWA - Canada's largest federal public sector union has filed several unfair labour practice complaints - and another union is warning of a possible strike - as the government moves
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Union files complaints as feds increase public servants' in-office time
OTTAWA — Canada's largest federal public sector union has filed several unfair labour practice complaints - and another union is warning of a possible strike - as the government moves to increase public servants' in-office time.
Union threatens legal action as feds increase public servants' in-office time
OTTAWA — Canada’s largest federal public sector union is threatening legal action as the government moves to increase public servants’ in-office time. The federal government is ordering public servants to be in the office at least four days a week starting in July, while executives are expected to return to the office full-time in May. […]
‘Doesn’t make sense’: Union files labour complaint over federal 4-day in-office mandate
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Public Service Alliance of Canada says it has filed an unfair labour practice complaint in response to the federal government’s new in-office mandate, signalling a growing fight over remote work rules. The union says the complaint was filed with the Federal Public Service Labour Relations and Employment Board after learning some federal employees could be required to work in…
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