Civil servants to work Wednesday afternoon instead of Thursday.Byline: Charles Charles, archduke of Austria Charles, 1771–1847, archduke of Austria; brother of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II. Despite his epilepsy, he was the ablest Austrian commander in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars; however, he was handicapped by Charalambous Beginning 1 September, civil servants will work on Wednesday afternoons instead of Thursdays, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a memorandum prepared by the Communications Ministry. The only exception to the new rule will be civil servants who work at Parliament on a Thursday afternoon, when plenary sessions Plenary session is a term often used in s to define the part of the conference when all members of all parties are in attendance. These sessions may contain a broad range of content from Keynotes to Panel Discussions and are not necessarily related to a specific style of delivery. of the House of Representatives take place. Currently, the official working hours for civil servants are 7.30am to 2.30pm Monday to Friday, except for Thursdays, when the day officially ends at 6.00pm. The change to civil service working hours is part of the Communications Ministry's overall plans to ease traffic congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. . The main reason is to unblock un·block tr.v. un·blocked, un·block·ing, un·blocks To remove or clear an obstruction from: unblock a road; unblock an artery. the terrible traffic jams that Nicosia usually suffers between 6.00pm and 7.00pm on Thursdays. As shops are closed on a Wednesday afternoon, public employees heading home at those times after the change should cause far less congestion. Another benefit will be to improve access to government services, since many private sector employees do not work on Wednesday afternoons and so will be able to visit government offices midweek. The measure will be officially announced two months before it is due to be implemented. By Cyprus' standards, it has taken a remarkably short time -- less than a year -- to move from an idea to change something in the public sector to full implementation. The idea first surfaced in October 2008. Since then, the Communications Ministry completed a number of studies, the civil service union PASYDY was consulted and gave its approval, the Council of Ministers was informed, and all the pieces of the jigsaw A Web server from the W3C that incorporates advanced features and uses a modular design similar to the Apache Web server. Jigsaw supports HTTP 1.1 and provided an experimental platform for HTTP-NG. See HTTP-NG and Amaya. now seem to be in place. One of the studies commissioned by the Ministry was a survey of public opinion, which was designed to include the civil servants themselves. According to the results of the survey, which was carried out in the last week of April 2009, 71 per cent of all respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. were in favour of the move. Of the civil servants surveyed, a full 87 per cent were in favour. Of the reasons given for approving the move, 61 per cent referred to being better served by the public sector on Wednesdays compared to Thursdays. Shopkeepers' union POVEK's General Secretary Stephanos Koursaris told the Cyprus Mail Cyprus Mail is a Cypriot English-language newspaper. It is published daily (except Mondays) and a number of articles are available online. Its current chief editor is Kosta Pavlowitch. The managing director is Kyriakos Iacovides. yesterday that his union views the announcement "favourably", as this will be "helpful to citizens". Koursaris added: "In fact, we think civil servants should work an extra afternoon a week, to help citizens even more." Copyright Cyprus Mail 2009 Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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