The Federal Authority for Government Human
Resources (FAHR) continues its efforts aimed at protecting Federal Government
employees, and educating them about any risks that they might face in the
workplace, thus maintaining their health and safety, at all times, while they
perform their duties in their offices, at home or in the field.
As part of these efforts, FAHR has recently launched
a Guide to Occupational Health & Safety in the Federal Government's office
work environment (workplaces or home). The guide aims to familiarize Ministries and Federal
entities and their employees with the best practices and occupational health and
safety standards globally applied in home or office work environment.
The new Guide comes within a series of
attempts to develop the institutional
system across the Federal Government departments, as well as improve
government work mechanisms and tools in ministries and federal entities, and
ensure the provision of a safe, healthy and stable work environment for
employees, whether in their workplaces or working remotely.
It also comes in line with the directives of
the UAE's wise leadership to give top priority to developing the national human
capital, its keenness to create a positive and motivating work environment for
employees, and commitment to provide the highest standards of occupational
health and safety. These efforts, would lead to an increased employee
productivity in the Federal Government, and enhance the attractiveness of the
government work environment, making it a safe haven for top talents from all
over the world.
More importantly, the guide meets the
requirements of keeping pace with the emergency circumstances arising from
Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and emerging work patterns as a result.
It is evident that work is no longer limited
to office environment, as Remote Working System has been adopted for employees
to perform their duties from home or any other location according the Guideline
for Occupational Health & Safety for the office work environment launched
in 2015. The guideline was followed by a
set of guidelines organizing the work of Federal Government employees during
the pandemic, and after their return to workplaces, to ensure their own and
their family members' health and safety.
HE Aisha Khalifa Al Suwaidi,
Executive Director of Human Resources Policies
Sector,
The Federal Authority for Government Human
Resources