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Daily Mail
28-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Service Canada to cut 800 office jobs nationwide
Published: Updated: Service Canada is set to cut about 800 passport office jobs nationwide by the end of June. The department attributes these reductions to an anticipated drop in passport applications. An Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) spokesperson confirmed the decision was 'necessary and not taken lightly.' These job cuts will affect Service Canada offices across the country, though specific numbers for each location weren't provided. All employees impacted by the changes have been informed. ESDC stated that, as a federal department, it has an obligation to manage its finances responsibly, aligning revenues with costs, including salaries, based on projected workloads. These Service Canada job cuts follow a prior announcement by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to eliminate up to 280 permanent jobs, primarily in the National Capital Region. The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), representing nearly a quarter-million public sector workers, asserts that these combined reductions threaten essential daily services for Canadians, warning of potential service delays at passport offices and weakened services for taxpayers and businesses. The union warned that these job cuts will lead to longer wait times at passport offices and weaker services for taxpayers and businesses. PSAC National President Sharon DeSousa stated online, 'Throughout the election, the Liberals promised 'caps, not cuts,' but each week, hundreds of federal workers are receiving notice that their jobs are being eliminated.'
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Around 800 jobs to be cut Service Canada offices nationally
Around 800 passport office jobs are expected to be cut across the country at the end of June due to a forecast of reduced applications from Service Canada. In an email to this newspaper, a spokesperson for Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) said the decision was 'necessary and not taken lightly.' The cuts will impact Service Canada offices nationally, the spokesperson added. They did not provide details about how many jobs from each service location will be cut, but did say all impacted employees have been notified. 'As a federal department, ESDC has an obligation to ensure sound fiscal management throughout the organization based on forecasted workload volumes. Revenues must be balanced with costs, including costs for employee salaries,' the email read. The job cuts come after the Canadian Revenue Agency announced it will cut 280 jobs, most of them in the National Capital Region. The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), which represents nearly 240,000 public service workers across the country, said the job cuts will threaten services that people rely on every day. It will mean longer wait times at passport offices as well as weakened services for taxpayers and businesses, the union said. 'Throughout the election, the Liberals promised 'caps, not cuts,' but each week, hundreds of federal workers are receiving notice that their jobs are being eliminated,' said Sharon DeSousa, PSAC national president, in a statement posted online. 'Prime Minister Carney needs to make good on his word and stop slashing the services people depend on – especially without proper analysis or solid evidence to support these decisions.' Our website is your destination for up-to-the-minute news, so make sure to bookmark our homepage and sign up for our newsletters so we can keep you informed. City committee to debate whether to allow alcohol in parks GUILTY: Alain Bellefeuille gets life sentence for killing OPP Sgt. Eric Mueller, injuring two other officers
Ottawa Citizen
25-05-2025
- Business
- Ottawa Citizen
Around 800 jobs to be cut Service Canada offices nationally
Article content Around 800 passport office jobs are expected to be cut across the country at the end of June due to a forecast of reduced applications from Service Canada. Article content In an email to this newspaper, a spokesperson for Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) said the decision was 'necessary and not taken lightly.' Article content The cuts will impact Service Canada offices nationally, the spokesperson added. They did not provide details about how many jobs from each service location will be cut, but did say all impacted employees have been notified. Article content Article content 'As a federal department, ESDC has an obligation to ensure sound fiscal management throughout the organization based on forecasted workload volumes. Revenues must be balanced with costs, including costs for employee salaries,' the email read. Article content Article content The job cuts come after the Canadian Revenue Agency announced it will cut 280 jobs, most of them in the National Capital Region. Article content The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), which represents nearly 240,000 public service workers across the country, said the job cuts will threaten services that people rely on every day. Article content It will mean longer wait times at passport offices as well as weakened services for taxpayers and businesses, the union said. Article content 'Throughout the election, the Liberals promised 'caps, not cuts,' but each week, hundreds of federal workers are receiving notice that their jobs are being eliminated,' said Sharon DeSousa, PSAC national president, in a statement posted online. Article content
Ottawa Citizen
24-05-2025
- Business
- Ottawa Citizen
ESDC to track individual workers' sign-in location to enforce return-to-office rules
Article content The largest department in the core public service will begin producing reports on whether individual employees are signing in from the office beginning in July. Article content Article content The new initiative deepens the data collection and surveillance of employees at Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), as the department pushes to meet return-to-office directives. Article content Article content The department was formerly producing aggregate data reports from a 'roll up of all login data,' ESDC spokesperson Maja Stefanovska said in an email. The department will now provide information at an individual employee level. Article content The so-called 'low on-site connectivity reports' will be compiled with employee log-in data, approved leave and employee work arrangement information. The data will also reflect statutory holidays to make sure it doesn't overcount the days employees aren't in the office. Article content Stefanovska said ESDC 'will begin producing a Low Onsite Connectivity Report that will support managers and direct supervisors, including those with large and geographically dispersed teams better understand whether all employees are fully meeting the expectations of ESDC's common hybrid work model policies.' Article content The department defines low-connectivity as an 'individual's low connection to ESDC's network in the office as per their hybrid work arrangement.' Article content Article content Workers inside the department were told of the new reports last week. Data for the July report will be collected from June 2 to June 29. Article content Article content These reports will be sent to supervisors and managers who may follow up with their staff to ask why they fell short of the requirement that they be in the office for three days a week. If the supervisor finds that there is no justification for low onsite connectivity then 'employees may face administrative and/or disciplinary action.' Article content ESDC told the Ottawa Citizen that the department has 'consulted key stakeholders such as they Office of the Privacy Commissioner and completed Privacy Impact Assessment's to ensure that the information gathered respects employee privacy.' Article content Since September 2024, many public servants have been required to work in the office for three days a week. Executives must be in the office for at least four days a week. At the end of that month, only 73 per cent of employees were compliant with the new rules, according to documents obtained by the Ottawa Citizen through an access-to-information request.
Ottawa Citizen
24-05-2025
- Business
- Ottawa Citizen
ESDC to track individual workers' sign in location to enforce return-to-office rules
The largest department in the core public service will begin producing reports on whether individual employees are signing in from the office beginning in July. Article content Article content The new initiative deepens the data collection and surveillance of employees at Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), as the department pushes to meet return-to-office directives. Article content Article content The department was formerly producing aggregate data reports from a 'roll up of all login data,' ESDC spokesperson Maja Stefanovska said in an email. The department will now provide information at an individual employee level. Article content The so-called 'low on-site connectivity reports' will be compiled with employee log-in data, approved leave and employee work arrangement information. The data will also reflect statutory holidays to make sure it doesn't overcount the days employees aren't in the office. Article content Stefanovska said ESDC 'will begin producing a Low Onsite Connectivity Report that will support managers and direct supervisors, including those with large and geographically dispersed teams better understand whether all employees are fully meeting the expectations of ESDC's common hybrid work model policies.' Article content The department defines low-connectivity as an 'individual's low connection to ESDC's network in the office as per their hybrid work arrangement.' Article content Article content Workers inside the department were told of the new reports last week. Data for the July report will be collected from June 2 to June 29. Article content Article content These reports will be sent to supervisors and managers who may follow up with their staff to ask why they fell short of the requirement that they be in the office for three days a week. If the supervisor finds that there is no justification for low onsite connectivity then 'employees may face administrative and/or disciplinary action.' Article content ESDC told the Ottawa Citizen that the department has 'consulted key stakeholders such as they Office of the Privacy Commissioner and completed Privacy Impact Assessment's to ensure that the information gathered respects employee privacy.' Article content Since September 2024, many public servants have been required to work in the office for three days a week. Executives must be in the office for at least four days a week. At the end of that month, only 73 per cent of employees were compliant with the new rules, according to documents obtained by the Ottawa Citizen through an access-to-information request.
