The Star
25/8/2010
PETALING JAYA: Government department heads have been warned not to issue overtime work orders unless it is absolutely necessary.
This, the Public Service Depart-ment said, would help ease the dissatisfaction among civil servants who were ordered to do overtime by department heads but were given leave in lieu of payment because of the lack of financial allocation.
“The order to work overtime cannot be issued arbitrarily.
“Department heads must ensure that the order is only issued when the job really needs to be carried out as per the guidelines.
“They must also ensure that their departments have the necessary allocation to pay for overtime work,” PSD said in its latest circular.
According to the circular, overtime could only be done when the situation required it, such as emergency work to restore disrupted services; urgent work that cannot be delayed until the next day as it would disrupt services; work needed to be done by an officer beyond his job scope; and work that needed to be completed in a short time-frame.
“All civil servants including department heads must optimise and manage their working time in the best way possible to ensure the said work is carried out well,” the circular stated.
Meanwhile, Cuepacs president Omar Osman welcomed the new directive, stating that it would help government departments manage overtime issues in a more systematic manner.
He said it was unfair to give civil servants replacement leave when they were entitled to overtime payment.
“Civil servants, especially support staff need the extra cash instead of the additional days off to help ease their economic burden.
“Some of them, such as drivers, have no choice but to work overtime,” he said yesterday.
He suggested that departments pay 70% cash and 30% replacement leave if they could not afford to pay 100% cash for overtime work
25/8/2010
PETALING JAYA: Government department heads have been warned not to issue overtime work orders unless it is absolutely necessary.
This, the Public Service Depart-ment said, would help ease the dissatisfaction among civil servants who were ordered to do overtime by department heads but were given leave in lieu of payment because of the lack of financial allocation.
“The order to work overtime cannot be issued arbitrarily.
“Department heads must ensure that the order is only issued when the job really needs to be carried out as per the guidelines.
“They must also ensure that their departments have the necessary allocation to pay for overtime work,” PSD said in its latest circular.
According to the circular, overtime could only be done when the situation required it, such as emergency work to restore disrupted services; urgent work that cannot be delayed until the next day as it would disrupt services; work needed to be done by an officer beyond his job scope; and work that needed to be completed in a short time-frame.
“All civil servants including department heads must optimise and manage their working time in the best way possible to ensure the said work is carried out well,” the circular stated.
Meanwhile, Cuepacs president Omar Osman welcomed the new directive, stating that it would help government departments manage overtime issues in a more systematic manner.
He said it was unfair to give civil servants replacement leave when they were entitled to overtime payment.
“Civil servants, especially support staff need the extra cash instead of the additional days off to help ease their economic burden.
“Some of them, such as drivers, have no choice but to work overtime,” he said yesterday.
He suggested that departments pay 70% cash and 30% replacement leave if they could not afford to pay 100% cash for overtime work
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...nak tanya JPA dan CUEPACS, bagaimana dgn nasib PA yg dok turun padang setiap hujung minggu memenuhi tanggungjawab melaksanakan program dan kempen terhadap komuniti, apa tak payah turun oleh kerana duit x ada nak bayar ot. cuma bagi arahan macam ni : duit tak ada x payah buat program, kempen hantar poskad je atau email je, x apayah turun padang. kalu dah payah sangat JPA nak tetapkan bayaran tunai PA, banyak sangat belit-belitnya, asyik ayat sama je, gendang bunyi pun sama, x sudah-suadah, yg tersepitnya PA : asyik peruntukan x ada, ambil je cuti ganti. nak tanya org atas kalu asyik cuti ganti, PA nak buat apa kalu duitnya x masuk. Harap JPA bercakaplah secara menyeluruh semua PA, semua tugasan agensi dan jabatan adalah berlainan. kalu ada pekeliling tu tayang je dlm akhbar utama biar PA semua paham.
sampai sekarang isu bayaran tunai ni macam x ada penyelesaian je nampaknya. halnya cukup mudah : PA dah laksanakan tugasan dan tanggungjawabnya, oleh itu wajib bayar upahnya dengan kadar tunai bukan arahan ambil cuti ganti. ingat bayaran tunai tu pun bukan bayak sangat, sekadar menampung mana-mana yg bocor pada PA. ehsan dan prihatin kerajaan terhadap isu ini amat penting, JPA xleh wat apa2 skait hati dengar jawapan yg diberikan, langsung x nak bantu anak buah (PA). harap adalah wakil2 rakyat yg membawa suara kerdil PA ni keatas.
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