The Legislative and Legal Affairs Committee approved the proposal for the desire to grant employees in the government sector a paid vacation for a period of three days in the event of the birth of a newborn.
The proposal aims to achieve psychological support and enhance social consensus between family rights and work duties.
The Civil Service Agency affirmed the legislator’s keenness to achieve a balance between the work interest and the requirements of the family life of the employee, explaining that the Civil Service Law, his executive, financial regulations, and relevant legislation have guaranteed the balance in the rights and job benefits in the government work environment, taking into account the special circumstances For employees; In order to ensure the preservation of the workflow, and the provision of services to the fullest extent, while stressing the consequent approval of a paid vacation for a period of three days for the employee at the birth of a child, in addition to the exit of the employee working on the status of the situation, from additional financial costs, which fall on the government. ; This is due to the high cost of granting vacations in the civil service, its negative impact on the productivity of work and its course in government sectors.
