Chisholm pushes for office returns

Push for Civil Servants to return to workplaces 'unacceptable', union says

PCS tells officials who are instructed to get back to offices: "don’t just accept that’s what you have to do” reports Civil Service World.

"The Civil Service’s biggest trade union (PCS) has told officials only to go back into the office if they believe it is safe after what it called an “unacceptable” call to do so.

PCS said it would be holding talks with the Cabinet Office this week, after civil service chief operating officer Alex Chisholm wrote to permanent secretaries about changes to remote-working guidance as coronavirus restrictions are lifted nationally."

Chisholm’s letter said it would be up to individual departments to decide on their own working arrangements. Some departments have already said they will not be returning to normal for some time, including the Home Office, which has said some officials could expect to continue working remotely for a year. "

Click here to read the full story at Civil Service World and here to watch the PCS video from General Secretary, Mark Serwotka.