Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government today announced that all the state-run offices will function with 50 per cent of employees’ strength in the month of July.
“It has been decided that all the Departments and sub-ordinate Offices shall perform the official work with 50% of the employees’ strength (all staff including Group-A Officers) in the month of July, 2020 in view of the sudden rise in infections in the State”, said the General Administration & Public Grievances Department in a fresh order.
The Departments are at liberty to decide the manner of selection of employees who will attend office, the order said.
The officers and staff, who have been issued VPN, are allowed to work from home. But they will be available to attend to the office work at short notice and over telephone, it added.
The employees not attending the office have been advised to strictly remain indoors, the order stated.