The federal government says there may not be enough room in some offices for all workers as the public service prepares to return to the office four days a week starting July 6.

Civil servants currently only have to come into the office three days a week — a rule that was put in place in September 2024 as government employees were for the most part working remotely in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Earlier this month, the federal government announced it expects employees who haven't done so already to return to in-office work for a minimum of four days a week starting this July. Government executives will be expected in the office five days.

In a French-language statement emailed this week to Radio-Canada, the Treasury Board of Canada said that Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) will work closely with organizations to ensure "adequate office space" is available for staff.

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[–] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 8 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I don't work for the government but I feel the "make decisions and then figure out the details later, maybe" deep in my bones lol.

I wonder if a good old fashioned "work-to-rule" would make a difference or if it's too risky with the workforce adjustment ongoing.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

What is work to rule?

[–] festus@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's basically group malicious compliance as job action. The employees find all the workplace rules that are on paper that no one actually fully follows ("drivers must check oil level before heading on a delivery") and then doing each and every one to its most obnoxious version (so a driver takes time to check the oil level between every delivery, even though they checked the oil already at the start of the day). As a result productivity suffers, and pressure is on management to concede something.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

It doesn't even need to be malicious.

In teaching, they could simply just not do after hour extra curricular activities, but still just do their job normally otherwise.

It really depends on the setting though.

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