Flexible working hours implementation ‘soon’

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KUWAIT CITY, Aug 13: Meetings of the concerned authorities, led by the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Education, and the Civil Service Commission, are ongoing in preparation for implementing flexible working hours in state agencies, reports Al-Qabas daily. According to a government source, the final vision of the new working hours mechanism has been completed and is expected to be implemented within a few days.

Flexible working hours will be applied experimentally in the first stage, and then stabilized after being evaluated by the competent authorities. It was decided to apply the new flexible working hours before the start of the new academic year in order to avoid traffic congestion, at a rate of seven hours for all employees per day after the entry fingerscan.

The employees will be allowed to choose to start work from 7:00 am to 8.30 am according to the final formula that was finally approved. A grace period of 30 minutes has been approved for employees. The public interest of all will be taken into account. The source highlighted the ongoing meetings between the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Education and the Civil Service Commission to approve the working hours mechanism, which will be submitted to the Council of Ministers soon for discussion and decision. He said, “The Ministry of Education will provide buses for mass transportation of students.

The Ministry of Interior will evaluate the experience of “flexible working hours” and the extent of its contribution to easing traffic congestion. Daily reports will be submitted at the beginning of applying flexible working hours to avoid all problems. Some ministries of a special nature, such as the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health will set working hours according to the nature of work.

The nature of work in schools, hospitals and others differs from other agencies. Therefore, they will be able to determine a time that suits them.” The source reaffirmed that an employee can choose their start time from 7:00am to 8.30am. He highlighted the recommendations from top management to avoid loss of any financial rights or privileges for employees, adding that the Demographics Committee has finished preparing the final concept of the flexible hours, which will contribute to alleviating traffic congestion according to a sophisticated mechanism.

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