All posts tagged "remote working"

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  Four megatrends shaping government – and what they mean for the future

  From dealing with the fallout from a global pandemic and implementing plans to reach net zero, to trying to cushion people from an energy and inflation crisis and adapt to

  • Posted September 19, 2022
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  Canada’s hybrid work plan stokes discontent among public servants

  The Canadian federal government has continued to face backlash for its bid to bring public servants back into shared workspaces, with employees swapping views and information online in shared opposition

  • Posted August 9, 2022
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  All inclusive: making hybrid offices work for everyone

  The shift to remote and hybrid working has delivered many benefits for both employers and employees, including a better work-life balance and, in the main, higher productivity. But there are

  • Posted June 2, 2022
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  From technological barriers to leadership focus: lessons from managing teams remotely both pre- and post-pandemic

  Former civil servant Andy Smith shares his experiences of working and managing teams remotely – in both the public and private sector – from the early 90s to start of

  • Posted May 17, 2022
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  Argentina ends remote working for officials; 5% of UK civil servants to be apprentices: management and workforce news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of all the news you need to know but might have missed Argentina returns to pre-COVID office work for civil servants The government in Argentina

  • Posted May 12, 2022
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  UK Treasury staff warned security passes being used to check who’s at their desk

  Civil servants working in the UK Treasury have been told that their office security passes are being monitored to check how often they work in the office as the row

  • Posted May 9, 2022
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  ‘Maybe I was at a Downing Street party’: GGF readers respond to Rees-Mogg’s back-to-the-office note

  Global Government Forum readers have reacted with fury to UK minister Jacob Rees-Mogg’s decision to leave notes at the desks of civil servants who are working remotely saying “I look

  • Posted April 26, 2022
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  ‘Why are we measuring bodies behind desks?’ UK government ministers squabble over ‘Dickensian’ war on officials working from home

  Efforts by UK government minister Jacob Rees-Mogg to crack down on civil servants working from home have been questioned by cabinet ministers concerned the  “Dickensian” efforts will distract from efforts

  • Posted April 25, 2022
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  UK renews push to end working from home for civil servants – as Ireland signs up to 20% remote working

  UK ministers have reiterated their call for more civil servants to work in offices as part of attempts to return government to pre-coronavirus ways of working. In contrast with governments,

  • Posted April 19, 2022
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  Canadian federal Budget announces strategic policy review amid spending restraint

  Canada’s finance minister Chrystia Freeland has announced a “strategic policy review” in the 2022 federal Budget to ensure that spending matches government’s priorities, while also setting out plans to rein

  • Posted April 10, 2022
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