Second federal department delays 4-day office mandate for some public servants
Several departments say office space and parking limits may delay compliance as the Treasury Board phases out desk hoteling for the four-day rule.
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Second federal department delays 4-day office mandate for some public servants
A second federal department is delaying the four-day in-office mandate for some federal public servants this summer due to a lack of office space, while the Department of National Defence says workspace will “be limited” for employees.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada lacks space to accommodate all its employees, so the Department postpones the return to the office to 4 days.
DND, IRCC will not be able to accommodate public servants for four days in office come July
The Department of National Defence and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada will not be ready to welcome public servants back in offices for four days a week in July.
The federal government wants office space to be reassigned, considering that public servants are more "productive" under such conditions of work. Since the present-day return, public servants must reserve their office a few hours before the beginning of their shift due to the lack of space. It is recalled that the Trudeau government had sold a few buildings to cut expenses. Also read: Return to the federal public service office: unrealistic, acc…
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