One of its arguments is that the move disadvantages women who do the bulk of work caring for children and the elderly and domestic duties.
The big flaw in that is that public servants are being paid to do the work they are employed to do, not to look after family members and attend to housework.
The PSA argument takes women back decades when their place was deemed to be looking after their children, houses and gardens with dinner ready to put on the table when their husbands got home from doing real work.
If those working from home have the time and energy to combine it with child and elderly care, housework and meal preparation too little is being asked of them by their bosses and too much is being expected of taxpayers.
Ele Ludemann is a North Otago farmer and journalist, who blogs HERE - where this article was sourced.
The PSA argument takes women back decades when their place was deemed to be looking after their children, houses and gardens with dinner ready to put on the table when their husbands got home from doing real work.
If those working from home have the time and energy to combine it with child and elderly care, housework and meal preparation too little is being asked of them by their bosses and too much is being expected of taxpayers.
Ele Ludemann is a North Otago farmer and journalist, who blogs HERE - where this article was sourced.
3 comments:
You mean public servants are expected to work? What a novel idea. No wonder the PSA are up in arms.
I have always taken the stance that no-one goes to work to do a bad job and then it came to people working from home, they are not actually 'going to work'. Maybe some roles are able to use that to focus on real work without distractions that occur when others are around but I suspect not that many. The truth is probably that it would only be those who work for themselves in their own business that truly 'work' when at home. Whatever the case, I must say that when I am picking up the tab as a taxpayer, I'd prefer the work be done in a transparent environment. That should not be too much of an impost!
Talk about shooting yourself in the foot...........
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