KHALEEJ TIMES, Sunday, Jan 02, 2022 | Jumada Al-Uola 28, 1443
Unvaccinated employees will not be allowed entry to federal government entities
Emirates:
The Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAHR) on Saturday
issued a circular to all ministries and federal entities, updating the measures
implemented at the federal government level to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
The circular stipulated that, in accordance with
the directives of the UAE government regarding the implementation of the "Green
Pass Protocol" for all federal government employees and after coordinating with
the competent authorities and the Ministry of Health and Prevention, FAHR has
decided to standardise all resolutions related to the Covid-19 preventive
measures, to facilitate the work of federal government entities.
The authority called on the ministries and federal
authorities to ensure that all their employees have received the booster shot of
the Covid-19 vaccine, stressing the importance of having all federal government
employees take the booster shot within a month from this circular's date of
issuance, and in line with UAE-approved booster shot guidelines, including
vaccination time frames and eligibility for each vaccine. This step aims to
ensure optimal efficiency in implementing the Green Pass on the Al Hosn app.
According to the circular, unvaccinated employees
will not be allowed entry to federal government entities starting January 3.
Moreover, federal government entities must adhere to the guidelines issued by
the competent authorities and urge their employees to take the Covid-19 vaccine
as soon as possible to be allowed to enter their workplace.
The authority also instructed all federal
government entities to regulate procedures relating to Covid-19 positive
employees and contact tracing by using, as a reference, FAHR's instruction
manual on ways of dealing with employees who are suspected or confirmed of
having Covid-19 and those who came into contact with positive cases in the
workplace.
Federal government entities must also abide by the
mechanisms for registering such cases, as well as vaccinated employees and
remote work applications, in federal government-approved electronic systems.
The authority stressed the urgency of having all
federal authorities adhere to precautionary measures to limit the spread of
epidemics in workplaces, by implementing the FAHR-issued instruction manual on
the office work environment and working from the office in emergency situations,
and the mechanisms for dealing with those seeking government services or
visitors to federal government entities, as well as the penalty guide of the
violations committees at federal government entities when dealing with employees
who fail to comply with precautionary measures.