The Civil Service and Government Development Bureau (CGB) announced a new remote work system in government agencies.
It was approved by the Council of Ministers in Doha, Qatar. The flexible work system will be implemented on September 29, 2024.
It intends to empower the most vulnerable groups such as working mothers and people with disabilities.
Employees will be allowed to work according to flexible timing, provided that the number of official hours is met.
The most prominent features of the “flexible work and remote work” system for employees are:
- 7 work hours daily, starting from 7am to 2pm.
- Employees will be allowed to attend work from 6:30 and as late as 8:30, provided that they complete official working hours.
- An employee is entitled to reduction in working hours due to disability, medical reasons, or two hours meant for nursing. These employees will also be allowed to attend work late, provided that they complete official working hours.
- Mothers with children not exceeding the age of 12, will be allowed remote work for a period of one month annually.
Additionally, the head of the government agency may allow some employees to work remotely, not exceeding 30% of the total employees in the administrative unit in each government agency, for a period of one week annually.
However, the system excludes employees who work in a shift-system setting.
The system comes within the framework of achieving the human and social development pillars of the Qatar National Vision 2030.
