Odisha: Higher Education Dept Directs Secretariat Staff to Register Biometric Attendance on Working Days
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Higher Education Department asked its State Secretariat staff to register their biometric attendance on working days. In a notification, the department said that non-recording of the biometric attendance will be treated as absence of the employee. “Every employee is required to record his/her ‘Office In’ as well as ‘Office Out’ time in [...]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Higher Education Department asked its State Secretariat staff to register their biometric attendance on working days.
In a notification, the department said that non-recording of the biometric attendance will be treated as absence of the employee.
“Every employee is required to record his/her ‘Office In’ as well as ‘Office Out’ time in the Biometric Attendance Recording Device. Non-recording of ‘Office In’ or ‘Office Out’ time shall be treated as absence from duty for that day”, the notification added.
The department also asked the employees to report at office by 10 am and present for a minimum duration of 7 hours and 30 minutes.
A grace period of half an hour shall be allowed for the ‘Office In’ timing. If an employee’s presence in the office is more than 4 hours but less than 7 hours and 30 minutes on a working day, a half day-leave will be deducted. Similarly, if the attendance is less than four hours, an one-day leave will be deducted, it said.
“An employee may have to work beyond 5.30 pm or 7.30 hours of duty in a day in case of need,” it added.
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