Remote Working

On Monday, federal public servants will return to the office a minimum of three days a week— if grudgingly. Public service unions will start the week with an early-morning rally…

Public servants, backed by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC), held a rally in downtown Ottawa to protest the federal government’s requirement for a mandatory three-day…

The Federal Court has agreed to review the federal government’s decision to mandate public servants return to the office three days per week. The mandate, which is set to begin…

By Heejung Chung, King’s College London New Starbucks boss Brian Niccol caused many to spit out their coffee with the news he will commute around 1,000 miles from his home…

A worker’s refusal to comply with his employer’s directive to return to the office five days a week has resulted in the denial of his Employment Insurance (EI) benefits. The…

By David Hensher AM, University of Sydney Announcing the directive to work “primarily in an approved office”, NSW Premier Chris Minns said overseas studies showed people were less productive when…

Workplace Culture. It has become such a nebulous term, right? Post-pandemic, the term has become even more vague and abstract than it was before March 2020. I’m sure that if…

The United Steelworkers union (USW) has filed an application with the British Columbia Supreme Court seeking an injunction against Telus’ return-to-office directive. The union is requesting interim relief to protect…

By W. Dominika Wranik, Dalhousie University and Nachum Gabler, Dalhousie University The dispute last year between the federal Treasury Board and the Public Service Alliance of Canada over remote work…