Pakistan: bill introduced to ban civil servants from serving international organisations
A bill to prevent civil servants from serving in international organisations has been tabled by senator Nayyer Hussain Bokhari.
The bill would not apply to civil servants who are posted in international organisations on behalf of the country
Bokhari said he put forward to bill because civil servants in the service of Pakistan should have undivided loyalty to the state.
US: country in dire need of civil service reform
The 2014 priorities of the American federation of government employees and the national treasury employees union are centred around improving the treatment of federal employees.
The unions are calling for the federal pay raise to get back on track, which they say does not match increases in pay levels in other sectors.
Zambia: civil servants late for work are thieves, says commissioner
Any civil servant who turns up late for work is stealing from the government because they are paid for work they haven't done, said Siavonga district commisioner Brave Mweetwa .
Mweeta also warned civil servants to remain partisan and stay out of politics, at a meeting with public service workers. He said the government had introduced a performance work programme to combat laziness.
Kenya: idle civil servants undermine service delivery
Nine months into the presidency of President Uhuru Kenyatta a failure to redefine roles or redeploy government employees in ministries where functions have been devolved to counties risks undermining service delivery.
The health, education and agriculture ministries are particularly affected. These ministries have parallel departments dealing with accounts and administration, leaving civil servants with little work to do.
Zimbabwe: Sweeping reforms loom in civil service sector
The government will introduce sweeping reforms to the civil service which will, among other things, include a new payroll system. Top labour economist Godfrey Kanyenze said consultations with labour groups and the World Bank were at an advanced stage. He said, "The biggest challenge is politicians are making lofty promises and civil servants have great expectations because of what they have been promised."
Prague: Government approves civil service bill
The Czech outgoing caretaker cabinet this week approved its own version of the civil service bill, Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok told journalists, calling the bill more professional than the Social Democrat (CSSD) proposal the cabinet had previously rejected. The bill is aimed to depoliticise, stabilise and improve the quality of the civil service - mainly the public administration.
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