The union said that their members would not comply with the instruction to spend two days a week in offices from 8 May.
“Following a promise by management that staff could continue to work flexibly after the Covid pandemic, some workers started families, moved house and made other long-term commitments, safe in the knowledge, they thought, their working conditions were secure,” a PCS spokesman said.
PCS general secretary Fran Heathcote said the new policy threatened “serious disruption, especially for staff with childcare and other caring responsibilities”.
“The workforce at ONS is spread across the UK, meaning that regardless of where staff perform their work, most meetings and collaboration must have a virtual presence,” she explained.
