Feds Don’t Know How Many Public Servants Are Working Remotely: Budget Officer

Feds Don’t Know How Many Public Servants Are Working Remotely: Budget Officer
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Marnie Cathcart
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The federal government does not know how many employees are working remotely from home, according to Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux.

On May 2, Giroux testified before the Senate national finance committee, soon after the government and roughly 120,000 workers represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) reached a tentative agreement to end a strike that began on April 18.