Proposal would shift hybrid work from internal policy choice to legally protected entitlement
Two months before the federal government’s requirement for all federal public service workers to be in office four days a week, more than 25,000 people have shown support for a federal e‑petition calling on Ottawa to amend the Canada Labour Code to guarantee a minimum level of hybrid work for computer‑based employees in federally regulated sectors.
E‑7142 – initiated by Tania Pereira from Etobicoke, Ont. – asks the House of Commons to give eligible employees “the right to perform their work remotely for a minimum of three (3) days per week,” unless their role involves emergency, medical, caregiving or other functions “where physical presence is demonstrably essential.”
The proposal would shift hybrid work from an internal policy choice to a legally protected entitlement for a large portion of the federally regulated workforce.
The petition is sponsored in the House of Commons by Liberal MP James Maloney of Etobicoke—Lakeshore. E‑7142 has attracted 25,605 validated signatures as of the writing of this story. The petition will close for signatures on July 15, 2026.
The largest number of signatures came from Ontario (12,710) and Quebec (5,943), followed by British Columbia (2,119) and Alberta (1,177), with participation reported in every province and territory.
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