OTTAWA – 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.
That number grew to 8.1 in 2021-22, 8.8 in 2022-23 and 9.2 days in 2023-24.
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