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Federal employees now working four days a week seeing less office spaceThe Treasury Board announced the change to remote work rules in February. Executive public servants returned to the office full-time in May.CanadaJul 6
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Ottawa orders public servants to start working in office 4 days a weekA Treasury Board message said executives will have to work on-site five days per week starting May 4, with all other employees expected in the office four days a week as of July 6.CanadaFeb 5
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Auditor general to study hiring, promotion of public servants with disabilitiesThe auditor general plans to audit hiring, retention & promotion of people with disabilities in the federal public service, with a report due in 2026.CanadaJul 26, 2025
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Public servants’ union wants Parliament to investigate return-to-office mandateThe Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) wants a parliamentary committee to investigate what it calls the "catastrophic failures" surrounding the policy.CanadaOct 14, 2024
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Ottawa bans China’s WeChat, Russian-made app suite from government devicesThe Liberal government is uninstalling and banning apps from a pair of developers after finding they pose an 'unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security.'PoliticsOct 30, 2023
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PSAC subgroup urges members to vote against tentative deal, push new talksThe Canada Employment and Immigration Union says the deal that brought an end to a 12-day-long strike does not adequately meet the wage and remote work demands of its members.CanadaMay 3, 2023
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PSAC deal to cost $1.3B a year, ‘less than half’ of union’s original demandsThe deal includes a compounded pay increase of 12.6 per cent over four years, retroactive to 2021 — below PSAC's requested 13.5 per cent over three years.CanadaMay 1, 2023
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PSAC deal: What the tentative agreement says about remote workAccording to PSAC, the tentative deal provides 'significant new protections around remote work', which was one of the main sticking points of the strike.CanadaMay 1, 2023
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Workers at institution tasked to root out discrimination were discriminated against: rulingThe Treasury Board Secretariat says the Canadian Human Rights Commission discriminated against Black and racialized employees in a decision published earlier this month.CanadaMar 16, 2023
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Remote work extension given to some federal public servants as others face deadlineIn December, Mona Fortier announced that all departments would be mandated back to the office at least two days a week to address inconsistencies across the public service.WorldMar 16, 2023
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