Here’s A New Take On Return-To-Office
Now here’s an angle that hasn’t been discussed in the debate over work-from-home and return-to-office.
This is in response to Dan Stankovic’s Bulldog post on the city’s reasoning behind its return-to-work policy.
To read Stankovic’s post, click here.
The post below is from Bluesky:
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As a Manager I had to ensure work from home met all standards including leave. It is a fact work from home staff do not take “appointment leave”, family related leave, sick leave etc when office workers do. Union contracts do not have any accommodation for this inequitable difference. A office worker has to take a day off for sick children at home, not work from home. The leave accumulation by work from home is clear evidence of inequitable working conditions. For this reason the system needs large changes, and until that happens the fair way of solving this problem is having all work at the office. OC transpo will benefit from increased ridership as well.
One thing that has been missing from all the articles and comments concerning return from home to the office full-time is how many people will be returning, or, if they are already working part-time in the office, how many will be returning to full-time duty? Is it hundreds of workers, thousands, tens of thousands? Without knowing the facts (the number of people and/or the number of hours) it is difficult to predict the impact on improved service from city hall, increased revenues for downtown restaurants that serve lunch, OC Transpo ridership, etc. At this point all we’ve heard from senior management is conjecture.