Over 100 members of the Brooklyn Defender Services Union rallied on Thursday to denounce a decision that compels all staff to return to the office five days a week and sign in electronically at the beginning and end of each workday through a third-party app.

The union said Lisa Schreibersdorf, executive director of Brooklyn Defender Services, implemented a new workplace policy that will now track all employee location data. In addition, remote work options were rescinded, requiring staff to return to the office five days per week.

Union members, who picketed in front of their office at 180 Livingston St., are against these policies as it "displays a distrust in staff" despite employees who are required to work at multiple office locations, courts, detention centers or in the community

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