Non-compliance | ONS staff refuse to attend office amid ongoing RTO dispute

Office For National Statistics (ONS) employees have stepped up their long-running dispute over a forced return to the office, by instigating a zero-office attendance policy and increasing their use of work to rule.

More than 1200 members of the PCS (Public & Commercial Services) union began the escalation in late July, while the branch considers next steps in the use of its mandate to use strike action.

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In a ballot which ended in March, members voted for strike action with 68% of ONS members taking part voting to take strike action while 91% voted to take action short of a strike (ASOS), on a 71% turnout.

PCS members have been in dispute with ONS since April 2024 over changes to the hybrid working policies and have since held three statutory ballots on a programme of continuous industrial action involving “non-compliance” with mandated office attendance targets and working to rule.