Treasury Board

• Federal employees now working four days a week seeing less office space

  The Treasury Board announced the change to remote work rules in February. Executive public servants returned to the office full-time in May.

  Canada

  Jul 6
  
• Ottawa orders public servants to start working in office 4 days a week

  A 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.

  Canada

  Feb 5
  
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• Auditor general to study hiring, promotion of public servants with disabilities

  The auditor general plans to audit hiring, retention & promotion of people with disabilities in the federal public service, with a report due in 2026.

  Canada

  Jul 26, 2025
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• Public servants’ union wants Parliament to investigate return-to-office mandate

  The Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) wants a parliamentary committee to investigate what it calls the "catastrophic failures" surrounding the policy.

  Canada

  Oct 14, 2024
• Ottawa bans China’s WeChat, Russian-made app suite from government devices

  The 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.'

  Politics

  Oct 30, 2023
• PSAC subgroup urges members to vote against tentative deal, push new talks

  The 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.

  Canada

  May 3, 2023
• PSAC deal to cost $1.3B a year, ‘less than half’ of union’s original demands

  The 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.

  Canada

  May 1, 2023
• 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
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• Workers at institution tasked to root out discrimination were discriminated against: ruling

  The Treasury Board Secretariat says the Canadian Human Rights Commission discriminated against Black and racialized employees in a decision published earlier this month.

  Canada

  Mar 16, 2023
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• Remote work extension given to some federal public servants as others face deadline

  In 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.

  World

  Mar 16, 2023