Federal lawyers’ union contends Ottawa’s return-to-office order is ‘arbitrary, counterproductive’

By Cristin Schmitz ( September 10, 2024, 1:34 PM EDT) -- Arguing that the federal government’s return-to-office directive to public servants is “costly, inefficient, arbitrary, and counterproductive,” the union for more than 3,500 federal lawyers has challenged the federal Treasury Board direction that lawyers and most other federal workers must be physically present in their workplaces at least three days a week....