Union urges civil servants to resist request to work an extra day at office

Forsa’s deputy general secretary Eamonn Donnelly said the departments had ‘failed to honour’ the terms of the 2022 Blended Working Policy Framework (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

A union has encouraged civil servants to stick to existing remote working arrangements after being asked to work an extra day from the office.

The Department of Social Protection (DSP) wants to increase the minimum number of days staff work from the office from one to two.