Remote Work
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Return-to-office rules for public servants set to kick in. What to knowCanada's public servants are being mandated to be in office three days a week, with managers expected to do the same four days a week, but their union is blasting the decision.CanadaSep 6
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Federal Court to review public service’s return to office mandateThe mandate, which is set to begin on Sept. 9, was made by the federal government in May to the ire of the union tasked with representing the workers.CanadaAug 30
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‘Summer of discontent’ coming over public service in-office order: unionsCanada’s largest public service unions are threatening a 'summer of discontent' after Ottawa mandated that federal civil servants return to the office three days a week.CanadaMay 8
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Tired of after-hours emails? Budget 2024 plans ‘right to disconnect’If your boss calls, texts or emails after hours, a change being proposed in Budget 2024 could give some Canadian workers the right to ignore them.CanadaApr 16
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Remote work and how it’s shaping where people are now buying homes in OntarioHome sales prices across Ontario and the proportion of employees working remotely are both down from record highs but remain elevated from pre-pandemic levels.CanadaMar 27
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Why Canada’s downtown office vacancy rate hit a record high to end 2023A managing director at CBRE says remote work is just one of four main contributors to the climbing downtown office vacancy rate across Canada.CanadaJan 10
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These are the Canadians most likely to have a hybrid work arrangement: StatCanThe share of workers with hybrid arrangements has more than tripled since January 2022, Statistics Canada said in its November jobs report Friday.CanadaDec 1, 2023
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Working from home may halve emissions compared to office-goers: studyOffice energy is the main contributor to the carbon footprint of on-site and hybrid workers, the study published Monday in PNAS found.CanadaSep 20, 2023
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Canada’s tech sector latest industry to experience shift away from remote workWhile companies in other industries are also increasingly mandating workers back to the office at least a few days every week, the tech sector's shift is notable.EconomySep 6, 2023
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Why hybrid work is ‘here to stay’ as even Zoom calls workers into officeZoom, 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.CanadaAug 14, 2023
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