COVID-19: Quebec delays bringing civil servants back to office
Civil servants in Quebec won’t be returning to the workplace subsequent month amid an evolving fourth wave of COVID-19.
The provincial authorities introduced the measure Monday, saying these staff will proceed to earn a living from home within the meantime.
Treasury Board Chair Sonia LeBel mentioned the epidemiological scenario has pressured the federal government to place off bringing staff again once more.
“As a accountable employer, the well being and security of public service staff is paramount,” she mentioned in an announcement.
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Civil servants have been supposed to move again to the workplace on Oct. 4, however the authorities didn’t present a brand new date — saying it can solely achieve this when the scenario permits it.
In late August, the province suggested different employers to push again their plans to carry staff again to in-person areas on account of an increase in novel coronavirus circumstances and colleges reopening. It mentioned the advice can be revisited at first of October.
Quebec reported 679 new circumstances Monday and one extra dying. The province’s pandemic-related hospitalizations have been steadily growing up to now weeks, with 280 sufferers in whole.
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