(Reuters) – Labor unions representing thousands of workers for the city of Philadelphia are suing Mayor Cherelle Parker over her effort to order municipal employees to return to offices five days a week starting this month without bargaining. District Council 47 of The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees represents more than 3,000 […]
The focus of return-to-office discussions have long focused on the individuals. Why might workers prefer to stay home? Which age groups are most amenable to in-person work, and which are most combative? Does office collaboration make the most sense for creative types or heads-down numbers people? Can workers really be productive left to their own […]
Roughly 19,000 permanent state workers under the California Natural Resources Agency will be required to return to their offices or work in the field at least twice a week starting this spring. Secretary Wade Crowfoot announced the change Friday afternoon in an all-staff email, which The Sacramento Bee obtained via a California Public Records Act […]
California shut down the office that tracks telework in state service. But data from two previously unreleased surveys obtained by The Sacramento Bee reveal new insights about departments’ and agencies’ stances on remote work and return-to-office. More than 110 departments participated in the two statewide surveys, which were conducted in July 2023 and December 2023 […]
Happy holidays, remote workers. In software firm Scoop’s 2024 Flex Report, which includes flexible work predictions from an array of industry experts, one idea bubbled to prominence: CEOs might finally give up the effort on making mandated in-office days happen. “By the end of 2024, executives will be forced to admit their RTO mandates did […]