KUALA LUMPUR – The National Security Council (NSC) has decided that, effective April 1, the ruling allowing only 30% of employees to work at the office at a time during the conditional movement control order (CMCO) period will be abolished.
Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said this decision was taken on the recommendation of the International Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) to allow management and supervisory groups of companies to operate at the maximum level.
He said one justification for this is that the work from home order is difficult to be implemented by manufacturing companies as their operations cannot be conducted remotely.
“Apart from this, manufacturing operations frequently involve complex and technical processes requiring the presence of different management and supervisory teams working together at the same time.
“This directive is effective April 1 and further information on the standard operating procedure (SOP) is available on the NSC website,” he told a press conference here today.
Ismail Sabri said the level of office attendance for civil servants is subject to circulars and directives by the Public Service Department while the private sector is allowed to have 100% of their staff from their management, supervisory, operation and support divisions working at the office. – Bernama, March 30, 2021
