Dodging Responsibilities For Months By Employees

According to the latest report of the Employment Affairs Section at the Civil Service Commission (CSC), several employees and supervisors at the Ministry of Education (MoE) failed to register their attendance through the fingerprint system, which meant they did not work for months, reports Al-Qabas daily. Based on the report, which criticised the ministry's failure to take necessary measures in such cases, the daily obtained a copy. According to the ministry, it did not take legal or administrative measures regarding employees who failed to adhere to the official working hours, such as imposing a monthly salary deduction rule for unjustified delays and absences.

In the report, the ministry failed to implement the law prohibiting the non-payment of salaries or allowances for absences of more than 15 consecutive days or 30 non-consecutive days within a year. According to the report, in such cases, the rule on arbitrary resignation must be applied as per Article 35 of the CSC decision. In addition, the report mentioned the names of the relevant employees, including directors, department heads, and observers. It added that the ministry did not adhere to the provisions of CSC Resolution No. 41/2006 regarding the rules and regulations on the official work and its amendments, and circular number 42/2007 regarding the use of the fingerprint system as the sole proof of attendance at work.

The decision

According to Article 10 of the decision, employees must adhere to the specified working hours. This is proven through the fingerprint system or any other method that the administration deems appropriate if the fingerprint system is not possible in some cases. Other methods stipulated in the decision include the magnetic card, clock, attendance sheet and other tools, without prejudice to the provisions of Article Seven of this decision. The report pointed out that Article 11 of the same decision states that the responsibility of ensuring the presence of employees in the workplace throughout the working hours falls on the shoulders of the direct superior, and he may be subject to disciplinary action if he does not take appropriate measures immediately after the violation is committed, and this needs to be monitored by his next superior.

According to article 17 of the same decision, employees are allowed to sign within 30 minutes of the specified start time, and those who fail to sign will be considered tardy. Article 30 of the decision stipulates that “if an employee stops working without permission, he will be deprived of salary, allowances and job benefits for the duration of the break, without prejudice to disciplinary accountability. If the break reaches one of the two limits stipulated in Article 34 states that if the absence exceeds one day, the employee should inform the department to which he belongs by any means, whether personally or by someone acting on his behalf, of the reasons leading to his interruption, so that the department is aware of it.

Article 81, the employee is considered to have submitted his resignation effective from the day following the reaching of one of these two limits following the provisions of CSC Resolution No. 3/1981. In light of the employee's excuses, appropriate action will be taken, either accepting his resignation or his explanation.

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