Gurye-gun Implements "Lunch Break Closure System" at Civil Service Office

From October 1, County Office and Eup/Myeon Office Civil Service Desks Closed During Lunch Break

[Gurye=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yuk Miseok] Gurye-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that starting from October 1, it will implement a 'Lunch Break Closure System' at the county office and town/myeon office civil service counters.

This lunch break closure system is a measure implemented according to an agreement with the Gurye-gun Public Officials Union to improve treatment by guaranteeing the rest rights of public officials who had difficulty securing lunch breaks and to provide high-quality civil service.

Although the Local Public Officials Service Regulations specify lunch time as from 12:00 to 13:00, civil servants had been working in shifts during lunch hours to handle civil complaints for residents' convenience.

As a consensus was formed that the lunch break for civil service department workers should be guaranteed equally to that of general employees, it was agreed to implement the lunch break closure system.

Accordingly, from August 1, the county plans to promote the system through various methods such as the homepage, circular newsletters, and telephone connection tones for two months, and to resolve residents' inconvenience by installing unmanned issuance machines in six myeon offices where such machines are not yet installed by next year.

Currently, 12 local governments in Jeollanam-do are partially or fully implementing the lunch break closure system, and some other local governments are reviewing implementation following the nationwide trend.

A Gurye-gun official said, "Although inconvenience to civil petitioners is expected in the early stages of implementation, we plan to continuously monitor residents' inconveniences and prepare improvement measures. Once this system is established, it is expected that, along with friendly civil service responses, the quality of service will improve, ultimately enabling better administrative service provision."

Gurye=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yuk Miseok hss79@asiae.co.kr

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