All posts tagged "Hybrid working"

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  The power of quiet persistence: Five minutes with Vanna Aldin, chief economist at the UK work and pensions department

  In this sister series to our ‘Five minutes with’ interviews, we share insights from women civil and public servants as part of our Global Government Women’s Network coverage. In this interview,

  • Posted May 14, 2025
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  Making hybrid working work for all, AI job ‘apocalypse’ could hit women hardest, and more

  Welcome to the latest edition of the Global Government Women’s Network newsletter, rounding up the public policy and government workforce news from the last month.  In this issue, we look

  • Posted April 4, 2024
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  UK civil servants make bid for four-day working week

  Civil servants in the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) have launched a campaign to work a four-day week. Staff at the department have called for a

  • Posted December 12, 2023
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  AccelerateGOV 2023 as it happened

  AccelerateGOV 2023 brings together public service leaders from around the world to explore how public servants in all relevant disciplines and roles can best promote digitalization and transformation.

  • Posted October 3, 2023
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  Australia’s public service commission rejects four-day week bid

  The Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) has rejected a bid by federal government employees and unions for a four-day work week. The bid entered negotiations between public service unions and

  • Posted July 26, 2023
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  Most US federal government headquarters buildings less than a quarter full, official report finds

  Most of the major US federal agencies’ buildings are a quarter full or less, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The GAO measured employees’ attendance at

  • Posted July 19, 2023
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  Reports of sexual harassment at US federal agencies fall; Australia opens consultation on data and digital strategy: management & workforce news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Survey shows that reports of sexual harassment in US federal agencies have decreased Reports of

  • Posted June 22, 2023
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  One third of Canadian public servants consider leaving government over return-to-office rules

  More than a third of Canadian public servants are so unhappy with the federal government’s return-to-office approach that they are considering leaving their roles, according to a survey by the

  • Posted June 20, 2023
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  Nearly half of US government workers could quit if telework reduced, survey finds

  Nearly half (45%) of US government employees would consider looking for a new job should their agency reduce remote and hybrid working, according to a new survey. The study of

  • Posted May 23, 2023
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  Experimenting with flexible working: testing out what works in the new world for public services

  Around the world, the way public servants work is a far cry now from pre-pandemic, with hastily-organised remote working giving way to a more considered hybrid model approach. At a

  • Posted May 1, 2023
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