Yesterday, the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources issued a circular addressed to the ministries and federal agencies regarding the recent cabinet decision regarding the teleworking system in the federal government, which is one of the main modes of work approved by the legislator in the federal government, based on the results of the experimental application In the federal government since 2017.
This system will be applied - according to the circular - permanently by the federal authorities in normal circumstances, in parallel with other types of traditional work currently applied, after the end of the measures taken to organize government work under emergency conditions.
The authority circulated the new teleworking system to the federal ministries and agencies, explaining that it helps in creating new non-traditional job opportunities, as well as providing multiple work options for employees and their workplaces, to achieve a balance between work and life, and that does not affect the achievement of the strategic goals of ministries and federal agencies.
The system will be applied to national employees who are at the head of their work, in the ministries and federal agencies, or who will be appointed in the future in appropriate jobs for remote work, which are determined by the Federal Authority, in coordination with the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, in accordance with the criteria set forth in the system, According to the procedures of human resources and electronic systems adopted in the federal government.
The authority also called on all ministries and federal authorities to review the criteria for determining the appropriate jobs for them to work remotely, as well as the mechanism for selecting employees to work remotely according to the system, and to provide the authority with them, so that they can study them, and ensure that the required conditions are met, according to the rules, and then agree to them, Notify the federal authority thereof before proceeding to apply the system.
The authority expressed its full readiness to provide the necessary support and assistance to the ministries and federal authorities regarding the implementation of the provisions of teleworking in the federal government.
The authority clarified that the remote work system in the federal government in normal circumstances aims to attract and maintain distinguished competencies, reduce operational costs in federal ministries and agencies, and provide government services in non-official working hours.
She stated that remote work is divided into two types, the first is partial, where the employee can, at the request of his employer, divide his work time between the main workplace and the remote workplace in equal or different proportions, and that is hours per day or days in the week or month, while the type The second is fully remote work, and it applies to jobs that can be performed completely outside of the official workplace.
The authority pointed out that there are a set of criteria that ministries and federal agencies must adhere to when determining suitable jobs for remote work, including that the jobs are of a divisible nature, be amenable to automation, and that they require specific inputs to be dealt with according to electronic systems.
Any new employee appointed to the remote work system undergoes a six-month test period, extendable for a period of three months, after which his performance is evaluated by his direct boss, in light of the productivity and performance standards, that is fixed in light or his services are terminated.
The commission indicated that the salaries and benefits of the employee working remotely are according to the schedules of grades and salaries approved for employees of the federal government, issued by a decision of the Council of Ministers.
The Authority drew attention to the need to observe the provisions contained in the performance management system for employees of the federal government on the evaluation of the performance of the employee working on the remote work system, in addition to evaluating his performance according to a set of axes, the most prominent of which are: productivity, and are based on the number of outputs and their quality, and the number of tasks accomplished from The target, the number of deliveries, the commitment to the specific time frame for carrying out the tasks, and the percentage of direct head satisfaction and dealers with the outputs of the work done.
Criteria for selecting employees for remote work
According to the decision of the Council of Ministers, it is permissible to choose the employees who head their work to work remotely in the appropriate jobs, according to a number of criteria, including that the employee occupies a position to which the remote work standards apply, and that the employee has not been imposed any administrative penalties related to professional behavior and ethics The public job, and the employee to be honest and reliable, and to commit to the quality of the outputs, data accuracy, and confidentiality of information, and that the employee’s level of performance be within a performance level that meets expectations for at least the last year of work.
According to the decision, the conditions and mechanisms of the teleworking system specified in the system, the recruitment criteria adopted in the human resources law in the federal government, and the related regulations and regulations related to it are applied to new employees.
The remote work system in the federal government, under normal circumstances, aims to attract and maintain distinguished competencies.