{"id":648484,"date":"2026-05-05T03:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T03:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/648484\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T03:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T03:05:13","slug":"public-service-executives-return-to-office-on-full-time-basis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/648484\/","title":{"rendered":"Public service executives return to office on full-time basis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/2OF6X5BNUFGGLFOEZXHHCBDZWM.jpg?auth=b3a605c80ac1e715ce738a4f2e35a03ae3743330458d92de8907b3c7435dd1e2&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">People walk across Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa on April 16.Sean Kilpatrick\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Starting today, executives in the federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/topics\/government\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/topics\/government\/\">public service<\/a> are expected to work on-site in the office five days a week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The Treasury Board announced the change to remote work rules in February and said all other employees will have to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-federal-public-servants-required-to-be-in-office-four-days-a-week-as\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-federal-public-servants-required-to-be-in-office-four-days-a-week-as\/\">in the office four days a week<\/a> as of July 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The new directive applies only to public servants working in the core departments and agencies under Treasury Board, though some separate agencies, like the Canada Revenue Agency and the National Research Council, have said they intend to follow the same approach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text mv-16 l-inset text-pb-8\" data-sophi-feature=\"interstitial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-downtown-ottawa-businesses-return-to-office-federal-public-servants\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In downtown Ottawa, businesses are eager to see public servants return to office<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Most public servants were told to work remotely when the COVID-19 pandemic began in March, 2020, and core federal employees have been working three days in-office since September, 2024, after the standard increased from two days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Federal unions have fought the government\u2019s back-to-office directives and some have filed unfair labour practice complaints.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The Treasury Board website says there were 9,340 executives working for the federal government as of the end of March 2025, out of 357,965 public servants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: People walk across Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa on April 16.Sean Kilpatrick\/The 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