A memo from the Deputy Minister to all CIC (Citizenship and Immigration Canada) employees explains steps to achieve work/life balance by implementing the following measures:
- BlackBerry blackout between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. and on weekends and holidays;
- Meetings should not be held during the lunch hour;
- BlackBerries should not be used during meetings;
- Meetings should start and finish on time as a means of managing workloads.I expect that some of you will consider the above a bit artificial. They may be a little, but I believe we have to start somewhere and since reducing the quantity of work is unlikely to yield short-term results, we are “attacking” some of the stresses around work. I entirely understand that there will be times when implementing the above will not be possible, but I would ask everyone in the Department to do their utmost to respect the above new “operating rules.” I would especially ask those in supervisory roles – at whatever level – to assist in their implementation.
A full copy of the memo is here.
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