All posts tagged "remote working"
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Uncapped remote working on the cards for Australian public servants
Australian public servants would be able to request an unlimited number of remote work days under new concessions by the Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) as part of bargaining talks.
- Posted May 7, 2023
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Canadian public service strike ends as deal reached over pay and remote work
The two-week long strike by 120,000 Canadian public servants is ending today after the government and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) union reached a May Day deal on
- Posted May 2, 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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Today’s government digital leaders ask: where are tomorrow’s?
In the battle to attract digital professionals, governments find themselves outgunned on pay by the private sector. At the Global Government Digital Summit, digital leaders from 12 countries explored the
- Posted April 3, 2023
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New Zealand’s prime minister resigns; Taiwan passes climate bill enshrining promotion of plant-based foods: policy & delivery news in brief
Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Jacinda Ardern steps down as prime minister of New Zealand citing burnout New Zealand’s
- Posted January 19, 2023
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Canadian government readies return-to-office mandate in effort to codify hybrid work model
The Canadian federal government will soon require public servants to work from the office at least two to three days a week. The mandate outlining the new arrangement is expected
- Posted January 11, 2023
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Train to retain: growing talent in the public sector
Citizens’ increasing demand for high quality public services comes at a time when government departments around the world are facing the effects of the Great Resignation. Those watching a recent
- Posted November 30, 2022
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‘Work is an activity, not a place’: how governments are responding to the hybrid working era
The era of flexible working means that the offices public servants work in need to change. Global Government Forum brought together property experts from governments in Canada, the UK, and
- Posted November 22, 2022
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Canadian government becoming ‘hybrid by design’ says minister in challenge to back-to-office calls
Treasury Board president Mona Fortier has insisted that the Government of Canada is working to harness the best of office and remote working as she responded to calls for business
- Posted November 14, 2022
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Canadian business bosses tell government to get staff back to offices; China sees huge demand in state recruitment drive: management & workforce news in brief
Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Canadian businesses urge federal government to implement return-to-office policy Canadian business leaders have told
- Posted November 3, 2022