CLEARING CONFUSION – Amid Protests, DoPT Says No 6-day Week

Women oppose cut in time for chores, recreation

The Department of Personnel and Training will soon inform Parliament that the government is not going back to a six-day week for its employees, even as a senior representative of the central government employees said that women employees were biggest opponents of any such change by the new government.A senior DoPT official told ET on Tuesday that all individual ministries would be advised that before they ask employees to come to work on Saturdays, they were expected to first consult the Joint Consultative Machinery set up in each ministry which has representatives from the staff side before implementing the same.

There was confusion among government ranks last week after the road ministry issued an order asking employees to report to work on all Saturdays except the second. The same was apparently withdrawn after women employees in the ministry took it up with transport minister Nitin Gadkari. Employees in many other ministries have also been asked informally to report to work on Saturdays in case senior officials or the respective minister is in of fice. ET has lear nt that DoPT will soon infor m Parliament that the government would continue to work 5-days-a-week to end all speculation on this as it has received questions on the same from MPs.

Shiva Gopal Mishra, Secretary (staff side) of the National Council, JCM, told ET that no government ministry can enforce six-day week on employees without the concurrence of the DoPT. “Not just DoPT’s concurrence, the government also needs to consult employees on the same through the JCM mechanism.

There will be no use of going back to a six-day week system as it will only raise electricity costs of the government. Also, women employees form a sizeable proportion of the workforce and they are strongly against any move to resort to a six-day week,“ Mishra, who is also general secretary, All India Railwaymen’s Federation, told ET. Most women employees use the weekend for pending household chores.
The JCM, chaired by the Cabinet Secretary , is a joint group of various staff unions of central government employees supposed to act as a platform for constructive dialogue between the representatives of the staff side and the official side for peaceful resolution of all disputes .

Source: NC JCM Staff Side
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Department of personnel and training rejects 6-day week schedule amid protests from women

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) will soon inform Parliament that the government is not going back to a six-day week for its employees, even as a senior representative of the central government employees said that women employees were biggest opponents of any such change by the new government.

A senior DoPT official told ET on Tuesday that all individual ministries would be advised that before they ask employees to come to work on Saturdays, they were expected to first consult the Joint Consultative Machinery set up in each ministry which has representatives from the staff side before implementing the same. There was confusion among government ranks last week after the road ministry issued an order asking employees to report to work on all Saturdays except the second. The same was apparently withdrawn after women employees in the ministry took it up with transport minister Nitin Gadkari.

Employees in many other ministries have also been asked informally to report to work on Saturdays in case senior officials or the respective minister is in office. ET has learnt that DoPT will soon inform Parliament that the government would continue to work 5-days-a-week to end all speculation on this as it has received questions on the same from MPs.

Shiva Gopal Mishra, Secretary (staff side) of the National Council, JCM, told ET that “no government ministry can enforce six-day week on employees without the concurrence of the DoPT. “Not just DoPT’s concurrence, the government also needs to consult employees on the same through the JCM mechanism.

There will be no use of going back to a six-day week system as it will only raise electricity costs of the government. Also, women employees form a sizeable proportion of the workforce and they are strongly against any move to resort to a six-day week,” Mishra, who is also general secretary, All India Railwaymen’s Federation, told ET.

Most women employees use the weekend for pending household chores. The JCM, chaired by the Cabinet Secretary, is a joint group of various staff unions of central government employees supposed to act as a platform for constructive dialogue between the representatives of the staff side and the official side for peaceful resolution of all disputes.

Source: www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
18, Institutional Area,
Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg,
New Delhi-110016

F.No.110333/1/2011-KVSHQ(Acad)

Date: 04th March 2014

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Board Of Governors, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, in its 91st meeting held on 19th January, 2012 decided that working hours of teachers will be seven and half hours per day (45 hours per week) in line with the provisions of Right to Education Act., 2009. The additional one hour 20 minutes, after school hours was to be used for activities such as planning, preparation, evaluation, etc. This was to be done in the school itself.

In the 97th meeting of Board of Governors, Kendriya Vidyaiaya Sangathan, held on 27th February, 2014, the above decision has been reviewed and it has been decided that in line with the provisions of RTE Act, 2009, working hours of teachers will still remain 45 hours per week. However, additional one hour 20 minutes which the teachers are expected to devote in addition to school hours will be utilized for preparation and other follow up works. This time may be spent by the teachers preferably in the school. The work done during this additional one hour 20 minutes will be monitored by the Principal/Nice-Principal/HM.

The above arrangement comes into effect from the date of issue of this order.

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(V. Vijayalakshmi)
Joint Commissioner (Acad)

Source: www.kvsangathan.nic.in
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