Hybrid Work

• Treasury Board president ‘not aware’ of any return-to-office rule changes

  Shafqat Ali on Monday denied having any knowledge about discussions to potentially order public servants to return to the office full time in 2027.

  Canada

  Dec 1
  
• Alberta government ending hybrid work policy for public servants

  Alberta is ending its hybrid work policy allowing some staff to work from home two days a week, mandating all government employees return to the office full-time in 2026.

  Canada

  Oct 24
  
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• Should city workers return to downtown offices? Edmonton mayoral candidates weigh in

  Edmonton mayoral candidates weigh in on if they think city employees should remain on a hybrid work model or return to the downtown offices.

  Politics

  Sep 18
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• Remote work and how it’s shaping where people are now buying homes in Ontario

  Home sales prices across Ontario and the proportion of employees working remotely are both down from record highs but remain elevated from pre-pandemic levels.

  Canada

  Mar 27, 2024
• These are the Canadians most likely to have a hybrid work arrangement: StatCan

  The share of workers with hybrid arrangements has more than tripled since January 2022, Statistics Canada said in its November jobs report Friday.

  Canada

  Dec 1, 2023
• Working from home may halve emissions compared to office-goers: study

  Office energy is the main contributor to the carbon footprint of on-site and hybrid workers, the study published Monday in PNAS found.

  Canada

  Sep 20, 2023
• Work commute rising in Canada as more people going into office

  Statistics Canada released a report Tuesday that showed nearly 16 million Canadians – or four in five employees – commuted to work in May.

  Canada

  Aug 22, 2023
• Why hybrid work is ‘here to stay’ as even Zoom calls workers into office

  Zoom, the face of remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic, is the latest high-profile U.S. company to order its employees to partly work from the office.

  Canada

  Aug 14, 2023
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• The Liberals are moving to make hybrid Parliament permanent

  Since March 2020, parliamentarians have had to routinely introduce temporary -- and expiring -- provisions allowing for MPs to appear in the House of Commons virtually.

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2023
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• PSAC deal: What the tentative agreement says about remote work 

  According to PSAC, the tentative deal provides 'significant new protections around remote work', which was one of the main sticking points of the strike.

  Canada

  May 1, 2023