Abu Dhabi judicial staff can work from home to raise productivity
abu dhabi — Judicial employees in Abu Dhabi will now be able to work from home through telecommuting.
The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department on Wednesday said it has launched the ‘Remote Work’ system where workers can perform their tasks by telecommuting and without visiting the workplaces.
Telecommuting — also known as remote work or teleworking — is a working arrangement in which employees do not commute to their central place of work and decide to work from other places, including their homes, or at some other remote workplace.
Yousef Saeed Al Abri, Undersecretary of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, said the telecommuting system promotes flexible working methods, based on the use of technology as an enabling tool to enhance productivity and reach the highest level of professional service delivery. “The new system will ensure the strategic priority of the department in enhancing the effectiveness and sustainability of judicial processes and ensure universal
Communicating using text, audio and video through a computer or mobile phone will transcend traditional meetings and support a collaborative approach.” Yousuf Al Hosani, head of Courts Support, Abu Dhabi Judicial Department
access to services,” he said. Al Abri noted that the Judicial Department will continue to develop mechanisms and procedures in line with the directives of the Abu Dhabi government and under the directives of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs.
Yousuf Al Hosani, head of the Courts Support Department, said that the introduction of the telecommuting system is in line with the work of the Public Notary Administration and documentation on developing electronic services and the transformation to digital services.
The application of the new system will be based on specific schedules and tasks and will be periodical. “The procedures for teleworking will include using a special network at the department that allows employees to communicate using text, audio and video through a computer or mobile phone. It will allow the team head to receive all information and workloads from his team continuously, and let him or her give out instructions to the team,” said All Hosani. “This will transcend the traditional meetings and will support a collaborative approach to the work.”
Employees using mobile technology will enable the judicial department to benefit from accomplishing tasks quickly and accurately, thereby achieving its vision of excellence and effectiveness of an independent judicial system and provision of quality legal services.
“Assessing employees’ performance basing on results or performance is the right approach, which highlights the importance of teleworking and its role in increasing productivity and morale among employees,” said Al Abri. “In turn, it will be reflected in the improvement of services provided to the public.”