Civil Service - Post Lockdown - Blended Working?

I'd say for the first time ever everyone in the dept. will have a day and a half a month 😂

I do a lot of work at remote sites. Maybe a 4 or 5 days per month so I'll build it up no bother. The 11 hour days don't be long about adding up. 😉

"Both sides have said they expect the talks to be intense and could conclude, with or without a deal, within a week or two".

No deal should mean a strike its a joke if there's no deal it should be a minimum of 5% increase this year.

What Dept are you?

No worries just strange that a few people have said this but no body wants to say what dept they work for...

I had heard that CSO staff had returned to their office fulltime in recent months, don't know how true that was and if it applied to the Cork office. Regardless of the return to the office, like all other public sector employers they have to abide by and implement a local blended working policy and allow staff to apply to work remotely once their local policy is set up and if not give reasons to the individual if denied.

Are days in the office being enforced either by local management or centrally? We are supposed to be in 2 days a week but it's absolutely not being enforced.

It's universal, for all grades, regardless of start date or seniority.

I know for us all staff can apply regardless of how long you are there. But if you are new in a job etc you might need to be office based for the first few weeks/months until you get trained up and they would have a valid reason not to allow you to wfh in that case.

It's a power play. Nothing behind other than making you think that they ate helping you when you get the day wfh.

Watch it'll be slowly a full return regardless of what they say now. 5 days a week in the office and in extreme circumstances people will get blended as a reward.

Why do you think they never consulted the unions.