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Public Service Alliance of Canada workers walk a picket line in Ottawa in April 2023 over issues related to remote work, enhanced work amenities and wage increases to compensate for inflation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

How remote work poses unique challenges to public sector employees

W. Dominika Wranik, Dalhousie University and Nachum Gabler, Dalhousie University

Overlooking the impacts of remote work on motivation may have unexpected consequences for Canadian public services and policies.
Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) stand at a picket line outside Place du Portage in Gatineau, Que., on April 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

More money for Canada’s public service workers won’t cure an unhappy workplace

Eli Lawrence Sopow, Adler University

Will an increase in wages make federal government workers happier and more efficient while dealing with the public on taxation, public safety and a multitude of other daily and often frustrating issues?
Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada picket outside a Service Canada office in Canmore, Alta., in April 2023. More than 150,000 federal public-service workers are on strike across the country after talks with the government failed. Remote work is a negotiation issue. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Post‑pandemic work in the public sector: A new way forward or a return to the past?

Eric Champagne, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Aracelly Denise Granja, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa, and Olivier Choinière, Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)

COVID-19 transformed the workforce, including in the public sector. A complete reversal to pre-pandemic work models is unlikely, but there’s lots at stake as employers contemplate the future of work.

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  3. Labour
  4. Public servants
  5. Public service
  6. Public Service Alliance of Canada
  7. Remote work
  8. Strikes
  9. Work
  10. Workers

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