Updated 3.30pm with Principal Permanent Secretary s statement
The
Union Ħaddiema Magħqudin has instructed public servants who have children aged 12 and under and who have nobody to look after them during office hours to work from home between Monday and April 11.
Schools will physically shut from Monday, with classes switching to online, as part of measures intended to curb the spread of COVID-19.
In a statement issued later on Friday, the Office of the Principal Permanent Secretary said that all public sector workers had been instructed to work from home on March 4.
Many public sector workers are already working from home, in line with a government order issued earlier this month instructing workers to work remotely where possible.
Teleworking must be carried out wherever possible, public sector heads told
A directive issued by the Principal Permanent Secretary stipulates that all work that can be carried out through teleworking should be done as so
8 March 2021, 10:26am
by Nicole Meilak
A public sector directive instructs heads of departments so that any work that can be done remotely should be carried out in this way until another notice is issued.
In a statement, the Office of the Principal Permanent Secretary clarified that directives issued to public sector regarding telework are different to what was issued last year, which relied on teleworking requests being made by public employees themselves.