Remote work debate intensifies as companies mandate return to office after Labour Day

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A return\u002Dto\u002Doffice showdown is unfolding in Canada and pitting some bosses and workers against each other as the back\u002Dto\u002Dschool season brings with it a renewed…

Yet previous return-to-office plans were derailed — repeatedly — by fresh outbreaks and new variants of COVID-19.Rather than voluntary return-to-office guidelines, employers are mandating office attendance through corporate policies.Article content

“It won’t just happen organically,” RBC’s president and chief executive Dave McKay said in a LinkedIn post. “We’re asking teams across the bank to start coming together in person more often to work and collaborate.”Article content Of course some employees never worked remotely and others are clamouring to get back to the office five days a week. Some companies have already moved to a hybrid model permanently — or quit office leases and told workers to stay home.

“If they’re going to call people on back en masse, every day as it was before, they’re going to get employee pushback,” said Adam Savaglio, an employment lawyer and partner with Scarfone Hawkins LLP in Hamilton.Many workers have argued that their productivity has remained strong or even improved while working from home. They say their quality of life is better as they spend more time with kids or pets or doing activities that improve their mental and physical wellbeing.

 

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If youre a knowledge worker no reason you cant work remotely...handle a physical product yes you have to go in. Virtual offices paperless offices

Back to the office like the rest of the world

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