Gov’t sector to abide by health conditions when work resumes – CSC

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KUWAIT, June 25: Ministries and government institutions should abide by the health conditions when they resume work on Tuesday, June 30, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) said Thursday.

The public sector should limit use of papers as well as personal delivery of documents within, or between, the institutions and to communicate through the government-to-government (G2G) system, CSC Undersecretary Bader Al-Hamad told a an online news conference following a cabinet meeting.

The meeting, chaired by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, decided to move to the second phase of a plan aimed at restoring normal life amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

The government decided to start the second phase on Tuesday with the curfew shortened to be between 8:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. local time.
Employees will be allowed to return to their office with 30 percent of total workforce maximum.

Al-Hamad said the Ministry of Health would be exempted from this decision because they needed to be fully operational to confront the pandemic.
Government departments, he added, should carry out regular disinfections and inform the employees about instructions issued by the health authorities.

Employees should limit their movements among departments and offices, he said, and a limited number of people should use elevators to guarantee physical distancing.

Restaurants inside the government buildings will not offer any services, said Al-Hamad, a ban would be imposed on gatherings, smoking or praying halls. Al-Hamad said employees should be apart by two meters.
Al-Hamad, meanwhile, said the government was replacing expatriates with Kuwaiti nationals at the public sector as part of a five-year plan, which was in its third year now.(KUNA)

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