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PUTRAJAYA: The federal administrative capital remains an image of calm as ministries and agencies do not see their staff return to the office in full force to maintain the practice of social distancing.
The streets and buildings are still quiet, although the conditional movement control order (MCO) allowed offices and businesses to resume operations.
Controls with various agencies and departments showed that most operated with a minimal number of staff in the office, while many others worked from home.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has allowed “a little more” officers to be in the office, but the work schedule adopted since the MCO’s inception on March 18 was still in effect.
“Each department will have additional officers to report for the service.
“They will come for three days and work from home the remaining days. Then another group of officers will be rotated to the office, ”said an official.
The generally crowded Immigration Department was nearly deserted despite its passport division resuming operations yesterday. The Ministry of Youth and Sports only saw a partial workforce. “The undersecretary of each department will determine who should enter and those who work off-site according to a circular issued by the Department of Public Service (PSD),” said a source.
However, Cuepacs stated that the number of personnel working in government offices was over 60%.
Expressing his concern, President Adnan Mat urged all department heads to take steps to ensure that only a minimum of staff should report.
“The work schedule must be restructured so that more officials can work from home. Only those whose work is in line with efforts to revive the economy should be working from the office, ”he said.
Adnan proposed that only healthy staff have office duties for now, while those with medical conditions like diabetes and hypertension, as well as those over 50, should work from home.
In a May 2 circular, PSD Director-General Datuk Mohd Khairul Adib Abd Rahman said department heads could take the safety and health of their staff into account by allowing them to work flexible hours in the office or work from House.
For officials who have children 12 and under, those with disabilities and who need ongoing care, Khairul Adib said department heads may consider giving them the option to work from home.
“But if both husband and wife are public officials, only one of them can work from home until schools and daycares are reopened,” she said.
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