‘The policy was originally implemented in response to the public health crisis and will now be discontinued due to changing circumstances and sector trends’
The government’s Interim Hybrid Work Policy will be discontinued, and all Alberta Public Service (APS) employees will be required to work in the office five days each week starting Feb. 1 next year.
Alberta introduced the policy in March 2022 following the lifting of the province’s public health work-from-home order.
“The policy was originally implemented in response to the public health crisis and will now be discontinued due to changing circumstances and sector trends,” said the province’s Deputy Ministers’ Council in a press release. “The Deputy Ministers’ Human Resource Integration Committee decision reflects similar actions taken by other organisations, including the Government of Ontario.”
The interim policy was implemented to allow eligible APS employees to work from home up to two days per week. As of August 2025, nearly 12,600 APS employees, or approximately 44 per cent of the workforce, participated in hybrid arrangements.
Despite the end of the hybrid model, the APS emphasised its ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility.
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