THE City Government of San Carlos, through City Administrator Estefanio Libutan Jr., held a meeting with City Government department heads and division chiefs Monday morning, April 5, to create a new work schedule among employees amid the rising Covid-19 cases inside city hall.
Libutan presided the meeting in lieu of lawyer Ma. Chat D. Cordero,
head of the Office for Human Resource Management (OHRM), since the whole
OHRM is under quarantine.
Libutan said San Carlos Mayor Renato Gustilo suggested that the new work schedule should only comprise 50 percent of the employees in each office to be present daily but must not hamper the processing of documents and important transactions especially of the essential offices.
He said the primary objective of said new work schedule is to limit exposure of government employees to the Covid-19 risks since many new positive cases in city hall emerged among different departments.
The agreed new work scheme is two and a half days of work for two groups among offices comprising group 1 for Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning, while group 2 takes Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoon.
Local field works, including training and seminars, were also agreed to be halted except for activities mandated by the national government.
Libutan said the agreed new work schedule will be submitted to the OHRM and will be implemented today, April 6.
As of April 4, the total Covid-19 active cases in San Carlos City was 119, with 42 confirmed new cases in just one day, from which 11 are City Hall employees. (PR)