Sharjah:The Sharjah Human Resources Directorate, following the directives of Sharjah Executive Council, has announced the return of the employees of all Sharjah Government institutions and departments to their workplaces from Sunday, June 14, 2020, with an overall attendance rate not exceeding 30%. The employee attendance percentage may gradually be increased based on the inputs and reports of government entities to the Human Resources Directorate on a weekly basis.

The percentage of employee attendance may be established, reduced or increased
according to the circumstances, the extent of commitment to health precautions and
social distancing observed by employees based on the evidence and inputs provided by
the various Sharjah government departments and institutions.

This came in a circular issued by the Human Resources Directorate to Sharjah
government entities as part of the process to enhance and sustain government work
and ensure the return of employees to workplaces, along with the remote work system
for certain groups who have been exempted in order to prevent the spread of new
Coronavirus epidemic.

The circular outlines the categories that are excluded from returning to the workplace,
provided the nature of their work does not require their presence at the workplace.
These special groups include pregnant women, people with special needs as well as
those with chronic ailments and immune deficiencies, according to approved medical
reports. In addition to the employees in the age group of (60) years and above, female
employees who have school-going children in the ninth grade or below have been
exempted until the end of the current academic year.

The circular dealt with the reduction of support staff according to the nature of work
while offering them special leave with pay.

The Human Resources Directorate underscored the need to take all health precautions
and observing social distancing between employees, the readiness of offices to receive
clients as per preventive measures, and to determine the number of clients and
customers and procedures to ensure the safety of both employees and clients.
The Directorate has previously circulated to all Sharjah government institutions detailed
instructions and guidelines that include special arrangements for preparing workplaces
to receive employees according to the preventive measures and providing a safe and
healthy environment for the gradual return of employees and to start their work with
confidence.

Dr Tariq Sultan bin Khadim, Head of the Human Resources Directorate and member of
Sharjah Executive Council stressed that the decision to allow the return of government
employees came following the directions of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin
Mohamed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah. The move is part
of a comprehensive plan for the gradual return to normal life in the Emirate of Sharjah
while taking all preventive measures and precautions recommended to prevent the
spread of the global epidemic, he added.

Bin Khadim underlined the commitment of all Sharjah government institutions to enforce
adequate measures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all employees and protect
them from the disease in order to return the life in the Emirate to normal.