Treasury Board 'committed to hybrid work' after reports of mandated change coming in fall

The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat says it is committed to hybrid work but is not commenting on a report that it is set to mandate federal workers into offices three days per week by the fall.

The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat says it is "committed to hybrid work."

Le Droit, a French publication, first reported that the federal government is set to mandate public servants back to the office three days a week starting in September.

In a statement to CTV News, a spokesperson said the Treasury Board will "continue to assess how hybrid work is implemented and optimized across the public service, adapting as necessary."

After the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government implemented a hybrid work policy, seeing employees in the office at least two days each week.

According to the Treasury Board website, the hybrid work policy, "gives employees whose jobs can be done remotely the flexibility of working at home when appropriate and in an office when required."

The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) is the largest union representing public servants, and regional executive Alex Silas said they were not consulted about any changes.

"We haven't had anything official confirmed or nothing official communicated either publicly by Treasury Board or to us at the union by Treasury Board," he said.