The Roads and Transport Authority has announced the completion of its 100% return to office work, after taking all precautions to ensure a healthy and safe work environment in light of the challenges of the spread of Corona virus.
The Director of Human Resources and Development Department in the Institutional Administrative Support Services Sector in the authority Sultan Al-Akraf said that the authority started returning its employees to the office work in the main building and its facilities at a rate of 50% for a period of two weeks as a first stage according to the guidance of our rational leadership, and that the return of the cadres has been completed at a rate of 100%, After the success of the first stage, in light of the employees ’commitment to the office work guidelines, which are in line with the protocols of the relevant health authorities in the country and the emirate of Dubai.
He added: The authority has taken several precautionary and preventive measures in order to create a suitable and healthy work environment, including sterilizing the entire building and its associated facilities (offices, floors, elevators, facilities), preparing generalizations for employees with the measures taken internally, and generalizing all procedures for the procedures approved by the relevant government agencies, In addition to holding virtual awareness workshops on the procedures that must be followed by all concerned when returning to work, all the precautionary scenarios for the physical and social spacing of 100% have been studied, as well as the distribution of masks and gloves to all organizational units, and the use of thermal cameras and devices to verify heat Employees upon coming to the commission, as well as special rooms for isolation in cases of suspicion were prepared, preparing the authority's clinic to receive cases of Covid-19, and assigning a staff contact center to receive inquiries and report cases.
Al-Akraf pointed out that Dubai government’s decisions have been adhered to except for a number of categories of return to work and remote work, such as pregnant women employees, people of determination, and those with chronic diseases such as diabetes, respiratory symptoms such as asthma, and immune deficiency cases, based on a medical report. Issued by government medical agencies, along with elderly employees, and employees who take care of their children, from the ninth grade in the third seminar or less, until the end of the current school year, as well as those who have children in kindergartens, or take care of at home those who require His health status is permanent care, under emergency conditions.
He stressed that the employees showed great response to the health safety measures taken, and they proved their ability to assume their responsibilities as the biggest bet in maintaining the integrity of the work environment in accordance with the best standards necessary to maintain the pace of performance, and achieve the strategic goals of the authority and the Dubai government.