B.C. needs to do more homework on its work-from-home plan
, the head of the public service is heading in the opposite direction, with a plan to entrench working from home as an option for the province’s 37,000 employees.diverging paths will offer a real-world test of whether remote work enhances an organization’s performance.
Reversing this trend isn’t easy, which is why British Columbia’s decision to fully embrace flexible and remote work is what one might call a courageous move. But the federal government has a hunch. The secretariat, which is the government body responsible for the administrative management of the federal public service, has decided that employees need a regular presence in the office in order to deliver service to Canadians and strengthen taxpayers’ confidence in the public service. That statement implies that services are not being effectively delivered, and that taxpayers aren’t happy with what they see.
Shannon Salter, who was appointed head of the B.C. public service in October, sees the work-from-home dynamic differently. She is more concerned about employee burnout than productivity loss, and says it’s management’s task to ensure workers are producing, whether in the office or elsewhere.
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