The Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAHR) has recently received a delegation from Dubai Police, on a visit to the Authority to identify the index to measure the impact of Federal Government employees’ sick leaves on their productivity and performance of the tasks assigned to them, launched in 2016 with a view to controlling granting sick leaves on reasonable grounds.
At the outset of the meeting, Hamad Bou Amim, Director of Policies and Legal Affairs at the Authority, welcomed Dubai Police delegation, stressing that human capital development and strengthening our country’s global position in this field, require enhancing cooperation and communication between different public and private institutions, as well as sharing the best international experiences and practices and practices applied in this regard.
He explained that the impact of sick- leaves on productivity applied to four types of leave, namely: sick leave, sick leave based on medical committee, accompanying a patient inside the country, and accompanying a patient outside the country, pointing out that the Authority has made the index available through the HR Management Information System in the Federal Government "BAYANATI" to allow decision makers in the federal authorities to monitor sick leaves of their employees, and therefore address any shortcomings related to the issue immediately, rather than reviewing the matter semi-annually or annually.
He said: “Through this index ministries and federal entities can measure absenteeism among staff and identify cases of short absence or more remarkable cases which require taking necessary action.
“The index does not apply to outsourced contracts, annual leave, workplace permissions, stydy leave, leaves granted to Federal Government employees to perform national service and mourning leave. The Authority has developed 5 classifications to measure the impact of sick leave on productivity in the Federal Government.
“BAYANATI system allows employees and line managers to follow up this index accurately to monitor the productivity of individuals and entity, and it is noted that considerable improvement has been made in performance of the index since its application, positively reflecting on the performance of ministries and federal bodies.”
Along with Hamad Bu Amim, Dubai Police delegation was welcomed by, Zayed Al Qahtani, Head of Performance Appraisal & Follow-up, Zainab Al Ali, Senior Executive, Performance Indicator and Follow-up, and Aisha Al Matroushi, Executive Director of Policies and Research.
The delegation included: Captain Mona Sultan of the Department of Administrative Affairs, Captain Omar Al Osaimi from the Payroll Department, Corporal Khalid Babeker and Hibat Allah Al Mazroui from Human Resources Policies Department.