KUALA LUMPUR: The authorities has agreed to prolong the quarantine leave facility to different infectious ailments requiring quarantine or isolation efficient March 4.
Public Service director-general Datuk Seri Mohd Shafiq Abdullah (pic) mentioned that the power had beforehand been restricted to six forms of infectious ailments – foot-hand-and-mouth illness, dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever, measles, diphtheria and malaria.
He mentioned that the federal government has improved the power by together with different infectious ailments to the present six ailments on the record as acknowledged by authorities and personal medical practitioners.
“To enhance present rules in keeping with the federal government’s intention of emphasising on civil servants’ welfare and likewise to enhance the standard, productiveness and repair supply, the federal government agreed to the advance of the quarantine leave facility,” he mentioned in a round dated March 4.
He mentioned with the advance, the title of the quarantine leave facility was amended to ‘leave to tend to quarantined children or those in need of isolation’.
According to the attachment included with the round, it encompasses delivery kids, step kids, de facto adopted kids, adopted kids and foster kids.
Mohd Shafiq mentioned the length of leave for this facility is the present five-day most restrict per case or so long as the length offered by any authorities or personal medical practitioner, whichever is decrease, topic to modification, together with weekly relaxation days, weekly off days and basic public holidays.
“Those who require extra days can request for regular or particular leave, in addition to some other sort of certified leave.
“In addition, ought to the civil find a way to perform their assignments at residence, the division head can take into account permitting working from residence,” the round learn.
Mohd Shafiq mentioned the advance was prolonged to all state civil providers, statutory our bodies and native authorities, topic to their respective jurisdictions.- Bernama
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