“There would be no work from home for any employee from Monday,” the government said in an instruction issued to all departments.
In wake of decline in the number of Co-vid cases, the Government on Sunday announced to open all offices with full capacity from Monday.
“There would be no work from home for any employee from Monday,” the government said in an instruction issued to all departments.
The decision was taken following a review meeting on the pandemic situation and decided to resume full office attendance from Monday at all levels, without any exemption.
The Department of Personnel had passed instructions to all Head of Departments and told them to ensure that employees wear face masks at all times and continue to follow the COVID appropriate behaviour.
“This is in supersession of the earlier Circular according to which the 50% office attendance rule had been extended till Feb 15. But, after obtaining inputs from the relevant quarters and review of the situation, a fresh OM (Office Memorandum) was issued to resume office from Monday,” said a senior officer of the Minister of Personnel.
New Delhi
Union Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh on Sunday announced that full office attendance in the Central government shall be resumed from February 7 and employees, at all levels, will attend office without any exemption. He said that this decision was taken after a review of the pandemic situation and in view of the decline in the number of Covid cases as well as a decline in positivity rate.
He also said the Head of Departments shall, however, ensure that employees wear face masks at all times and continue to follow the Covid appropriate behaviour.
This is in supersession of the earlier circular according to which the 50 per cent office attendance rule had been extended till February 15.
However, after obtaining inputs from the relevant quarters and review of the situation, a fresh Office Memorandum has been issued by the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) informing that all the employees at all levels, without any exemption, will report to the office from Monday and there will no more be ‘work from home’ option for any employee.