Public service unions will fight 3-day in-office mandate. What to know
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The Public Service Alliance of Canada says it will be filing an unfair labour practice complaint and looking into other legal options.
Unions representing public servants say they are blindsided and outraged by new rules forcing federal employees to work from the office at least three days a week.
The new requirements, which take effect Sept. 9, also stipulate executives will have to be in the office at least four days a week.
The Public Service Alliance of Canada says it will be filing an unfair labour practice complaint and looking into other legal options.
“PSAC members are incredibly frustrated and angered by this announcement,” national president Chris Aylward said in a statement.
Previously, most federal public servants had to be in the office at least two days a week. Those rules were put in place March 2023, two years after public servants began working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nathan Prier, president of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees, called the announcement a “disaster” and said the union would be fighting it.
“We are shocked at this decision which has been made in secret without consultation, and with no valid reason given,” he said in a statement. “We will not be taking this lying down.”
Stéphanie Montreuil, head of public affairs for the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, said there was no indication the requirements would be changing.
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