The government has suspended flexitime for civil and public servants as it attempts to mobilise its 340,000 employees to address the most pressing demands generated by the Covid-19 virus.
The flexitime system allows staff to complete their full working hours while varying their arrival, departure and break times, often to accommodate caring responsibilities.
However, in today's updated guidelines on public service working arrangements during the Covid-19 emergency, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform states: "The operation of traditional flexi-time/attendance management rules do not support the flexible arrangements and agility required during this extraordinary situation." DPER goes on to state: "The normal operation of
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