PSAC pauses remote-work court challenge pending grievance

The pause will let the federal labour relations board determine if it has jurisdiction over the government's return-to-office policy.

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The Public Service Alliance of Canada has paused a court challenge at the Federal Court over the government’s three-day return-to-office mandate . Article content

The abeyance, or pause, was requested on July 31 in order to let the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board determine if it has jurisdiction over a policy grievance brought by PSAC challenging the mandate . Article content Article content

“If the Board takes jurisdiction over the entire matter, it may no longer be necessary to proceed with this Application, at which time the Applicant would intend to discontinue this matter,” Andrew Astritis, PSAC’