Kerajaan Memperkenalkan Konsep Kerja Dari Rumah

Saya fikir cadangan Kementerian Kerja Raya untuk mencuba konsep bekerja dari rumah adalah satu langkah yang bijak dan inovatif. Ini lah antara “kemudahan” bukan kewangan tetapi boleh mempunyai kesan “kewangan” dan kesan sosial lain ke arah yang lebih baik. Apatah lagi dengan wujudnya pelbagai teknologi yang boleh dimanfaatkan. (Buat apa la ada Blackberry dan laptop kalau masih “dipaksa” masuk pejabat hanya untuk menyiapkan dokumen ?)

Jimat duit tol. Jimat duit minyak. Tiada stress trafik jem. Seterusnya pergi ke pejabat bila perlu sahaja.

Memang tidak semua jenis lapangan kerja boleh “bekerja dari rumah” tapi ada juga lapangan kerja yang boleh. Macam kerjaya seorang doktor perubatan, pengawal keselamatan agak mustahil untuk bekerja dari rumah. Apapun, tahniah kepada Dato Shaziman Abu Mansor yang berani mencuba perkara ini seterusnya boleh mengubah konsep “bekerja mesti masuk pejabat”.

Mungkin lepas ini Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat pula memperkenalkan nursery di kawasan pejabat-pejabat kerajaan, jadual kerja anjal, dan cuti bersalin 6 bulan untuk kebaikan ibu-ibu bekerjaya pula. Apatah lagi dengan isu pembantu rumah yang semakin rumit ni. (Eh, kenapa Sisters In Islam dan NGO pejuang wanita lainnya tak pernah agresif perjuangkan dan melobi hal macam ni ye?)

Kepada mereka yang menjadi perintis program ini, semoga kalian dapat membuktikan produktiviti menjadi lebih baik!

PWD Draughtsmen To Pioneer Home Working Programme

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 (Bernama) — Come Jan 1, a pioneer batch of draughtsmen from the Public Works Department (PWD) will work from home.

The 35 draughtsmen, who will be on probation, will kick-start the three-month Home Working Programme to enable the government to gauge its effectiveness.

Whether the government decides to continue with the programme or not, would depend on its success, said Works Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor, who disclosed that the programme was mooted by the prime minister.

“This is part of the government’s efforts in its drive to make the country, a fully-developed nation. I believe the programme will benefit, not only the government, but also the workers themselves.

“The pioneer programme will be implemented from Jan 1 to March-end. However, if the workers fail to increase their productivity, the programme will be called off,” he told a press conference at the Parliament lobby here Wednesday.

On the other hand, if the programme became a success, Shaziman said, it would help the government, especially the ministry, to tackle congestion at the workplace.

Inadvertently, he said, the programme, would also alleviate the burden of the workers, in terms of cost of petrol and toll, besides allowing them to spend more time with their families.

He said such a programme had been implemented by many popular companies worldwide and had proven successful, in increasing the productivity of companies.

“That is why, the prime minister gave his consent for the PWD to pioneer this programme to allow the workers to work from home,” he said, adding that the draughtsmen were chosen because their work required them to spend most of their time with computers.

– BERNAMA