855 East Jakarta PNS Granted to Take Leave
Reported by Hendi Kusuma | Translated by Arief Rahman
The momentum of Christmas and New Year is utilized by civil servants (PNS) in East Jakarta to take leave. But in accordance to Governor Circular Letter No. 56/SE/2013 on National Holidays and Collective Leave Year 2014, the amount of civil servants allowed to take leave must not exceed five percent of the number of employees in work unit (SKPD).
Collective leave is just one day
“Currently, East Jakarta Administration has 17,114 civil servants. But, those who are allowed to take leave are only five percent of them, or about 855 people,” stated Head of Discipline and Data Sub-Division for East Jakarta Personnel Office, Diyarti, Wednesday (12/24).
Moreover, Diyarti told that collective leave is only applied one day on December 26. Thus, civil servants must go back to work on December 29.
Grant Disbursement for City Council Delayed“Collective leave is just one day. To those who still have annual leave, it can be taken and proposed to their respective SKPD head,” she said.
According to Diyarti, in a year civil servant gets annual leave 12 days, in which eight days are leave days and four days are collective leave. This is in accordance to Government Regulation No. 5/2013 on National Holidays and Collective Leave that become civil servants’ right.
“Collective leave consists of three days leave during Eid ul Fitr and one day leave on Christmas, while leave right is eight days off work in a year. This must not exceed the terms,” she asserted.
As for the SKPDs that provide services directly to the public, such as healthcare, communication, banking, and transportation, the leaves of civil servants are arranged by respective SKPD heads.
