KUALA LUMPUR (March 30): The National Security Council (MKN) has decided that effective April 1, the ruling allowing only 30% of employees to work from office in Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) areas will be abolished. He said one justification for this is that the work from home order has been difficult to implement at manufacturing companies, as their operations cannot be conducted remotely. “Apart from this, manufacturing operations frequently involve complex and technical processes requiring the presence of different management and supervisory teams working together at the same time. Ismail Sabri said the level of office attendance for civil servants would be subject to circulars and directives of the Public Service Department (JPA), while the private sector is allowed to have 100% of their staff working from office for the management, supervisory, operations and support divisions. Read also:MEF hails lifting of 30% limit for work from officeCMCO extended in five states and KL, interstate travel still not allowed

Source: The Edge Markets March 30, 2021 15:34 UTC