Ontario Premier Doug Ford is encouraging the province’s municipalities to have their public service employees return to the office five days a week.
Speaking at the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference on Aug. 18, Ford said that having public service workers return to the office full time will “bring the public service in the municipalities closer to the people they serve, and will revitalize our workplaces in downtowns across Ontario.”
The province announced on Aug. 14 that Ontario public service employees will be returning to work full time in January. Ford said that Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown announced on Aug. 15 that his municipality would follow suit by having its public service workers return to the office five days a week as well….