KUWAIT CITY, Nov 1: The Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy said “the Ministry is waiting for the Civil Service Commission to complete the programming of its integrated system to implement the flexible working hours that the Ministry proposed to the Bureau some time ago.”

The Al-Rai daily has learned that there is a problem with the Bureau regarding the issue of how to calculate the period of prior permission granted to employees at certain times, indicating that the Ministry, due to this problem, has not yet been able to implement a flexible working system for its more than 35,000 employees.

The ministry explained it had previously addressed the Bureau regarding the flexible working hours system that it wanted to implement for its employees, as it decided to allocate one flexible hour from 7:00 am to 8:00 am, with an estimated grace period of half an hour, and the Ministry is still awaiting the Bureau’s response to begin implementation.”

On the other hand, sources revealed that the Ministry has signed a contract with an international consultant for a period of 5 years to provide the Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy with internal consulting engineering services for water sector projects.