"From the 23rd, One-Third of All Public Officials, Public Institutions, and Local Public Enterprises Nationwide to Work from Home and Ban Business Trips"

Strengthening Social Distancing First in the Public Sector... Cancel Unnecessary Dinners and Gatherings

[Asia Economy Reporter Seo So-jeong] Starting from the 23rd, public sectors nationwide, including government officials, public institutions, and local public enterprises, will implement one-third telecommuting per institution and cancel or postpone unnecessary gatherings.

Although social distancing in the metropolitan area will be raised to Level 2 from midnight on the 24th, the public sector has decided to comply with strengthened quarantine guidelines one day earlier.

The Ministry of Personnel Management (national government officials), the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (local government officials, local public enterprises), and the Ministry of Economy and Finance (public institutions) announced on the 22nd that they have issued the "Strengthened Quarantine Management Plan for the Public Sector" to all public sector institutions and plan to apply it from the 23rd.

The Ministry of Personnel Management prepared this plan, judging that with the rapid increase of confirmed COVID-19 cases nationwide, the public sector needs to take the lead in more strictly adhering to social distancing.

First, social distancing Level 2 service management guidelines will be applied to all public sectors nationwide.

Each institution will implement telecommuting for about one-third of all personnel to reduce density, and those who come to work will stagger their arrival and lunch times.

Masks must be worn indoors at all times, and non-essential business trips, except for COVID-19 response and public safety, are basically prohibited.

Considering the recent spread of COVID-19 through gatherings and dinners, a "Special Guideline on Gatherings, Events, Dinners, and Meetings in the Public Sector" will also be implemented.

Accordingly, all non-essential gatherings in the public sector, whether work-related or not, must be canceled or postponed.

If a gathering is necessary, it should be held online or through other non-face-to-face methods, and if face-to-face meetings are unavoidable, eating together should be minimized as much as possible.

Furthermore, to ensure compliance with the special guidelines, personnel who violate these guidelines and cause infection cases or transmission will be held accountable.

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