One of Canada's major federal public service unions said while flexibility is an important part of the gradual return to the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic, clearer guidelines are needed to avoid a 'free-for-all.'
A worker enters a federal government building in Ottawa Oct. 6, 2021, the day Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that all federal government public servants will require COVID-19 shots.with their plans to get federal employees back behind their desks.
"From a consultation perspective, that makes it very difficult where you're dealing with 46 different departments and agencies in the National Capital Region," said Jennifer Carr, president of the Professional Institute of the Public Service . "We have had some employers who have basically said, 'We want you in three days a week,' just kind of indiscriminately."TBS says it supports hybrid model
Carr said that range of policies could potentially prompt some employees to seek job opportunities in other departments where the situation is more to their liking.
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