A working group responsible for measuring productivity in Canada's federal public service has notably excluded remote work from its current discussions, according to Bea Bruske, a member of the group. Despite a significant shift towards remote work among public servants, the Treasury Board has not confirmed if this topic will be addressed in their productivity study. Maria Gintova from McMaster University emphasizes that remote work should be integrated into productivity assessments and human resource strategies. With only a small fraction of governmental departments analyzing remote work's impact prior to policy changes, Gintova cautions that this oversight could have future repercussions.
"Remote work is not part of anything that we've discussed at this moment and I don't know if the topic will be part of the study," said Bea Bruske.
"I think it's an integral component of any kind of productivity study or any kind of future human resource planning," said Maria Gintova.
"It's happening, like it or not, and the lack of strategic consideration here will ... come back and bite," warned Gintova regarding remote work.
Only eight out of 56 departments in Canada's federal and provincial governments conducted thorough analyses of employee productivity prior to implementing telework policies.
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