Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown explains why his city is following the province’s direction by ordering civil servants back in the office full time in January. <\/p>\n
After the Ontario government required provincial workers to go back to the office full-time next year, the mayor of Brampton has voiced his plan to follow suit, while his counterpart in Mississauga says the city will keep its hybrid policy at this time.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Newstalk 1010 on Friday, Mayor Patrick Brown said the city\u2019s public servants who are not currently working in the office five days a week will be required to do so starting in January.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a legacy of an accommodation which was brought in during COVID and as much as there are some benefits, you don\u2019t get the same level of productivity,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe challenge was no one wanted to be the first mover on bringing this policy back out of fear that you may lose staff.\u201d<\/p>\n
The decision comes one day after the provincial government announced that all members of the Ontario Public Service will be back in office full-time come January. <\/p>\n
Workers had previously been mandated to work from the office for a minimum of three days per week.<\/p>\n
Brown called the decision \u201clong overdue.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cThe fact that the province is doing this is great. It will set the tone. I think it is going to have a cascading with other public servants,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Several large employers have also announced plans to ramp up in-office attendance in recent months. <\/p>\n