Post-COVID, public servants are taking more sick days | Unpublished
Hello!
Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Catherine Morrison
Publication Date: August 31, 2025 - 09:56

Post-COVID, public servants are taking more sick days

August 31, 2025

Federal public servants were less likely to call in sick to work during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, new government data shows.

The figures shared by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat indicate that in 2020-21, when the pandemic had most office employees working entirely remotely, the average number of sick days for the public service was 5.9.



Unpublished Newswire

 
WHAT YOU DOIN', DOUGIE? Read More
September 7, 2025 - 05:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun
Brett Lauther should have been pumped after connecting on five field goals in the Saskatchewan Roughriders' 21-13 Banjo Bowl victory over the Blue Bombers on Saturday, but it was his one mistake he focused on.
September 6, 2025 - 21:57 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
A Canadian Armed Forces member deployed to Latvia, who was missing since earlier this week, was found dead Friday.A news release from the Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces says Warrant Officer George Hohl was deployed on Operation Reassurance as part of the Aviation Battalion under the NATO Multinational Brigade-Latvia.Hohl was a vehicle technician based in Edmonton and had served in the Canadian Armed Forces for almost 20 years.
September 6, 2025 - 21:49 | | The Globe and Mail