Canadian insurance firm ends full-time remote work

WINNIPEG, CANADA — Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI), a provincial Crown corporation providing auto insurance to Manitoba drivers, is ending its full-time remote work policy. 

MPI will implement a hybrid work model requiring employees to spend at least three days a week in the office starting February 26, 2024.

Staff will be required to work three days in the office one week and two days the next week. Management roles must also report to the office at least three days weekly. Around 200 contact center staff are exempted.

An MPI spokesperson said the shift “will bring the corporation in line with hybrid work arrangements established by the Manitoba government, provincial Crown corporations, and other large organizations.”

Reacting to the news, the Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union (MGEU) said members are “upset about the change” as it will “affect their day-to-day lives.”

In the United States, the Nebraska Association of Public Employees (NAPE) has filed a legal petition against a recent executive order ending remote work for most state workers starting January 2, 2024.