The high-ranking official has also suggested that the decision might prejudice the proposals of the Economic Recovery Task Force, which is mandated to roll out the road map to firing up commerce.
But O’Neil Grant, who heads the Jamaica Civil Service Association, representing the core of the public bureaucracy, is insistent that the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Task Force be allowed the time to submit comprehensive recommendations.
“We thought that given the timeline that was given to the task force that some relaxation of the May 31 ending of the work-from-home orders would have been looked at so as to give the task force the time needed to come up with a comprehensive set of recommendations for the reopening of the economy,” Grant said.
Another business leader, Richard Pandohie, president of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association and CEO of the SEPROD Group, said that he would be allowing his employees to continue working remotely even after the mandated work-from-home expiry date.
Don Wehby, CEO of GraceKennedy Group, which operates a mix of production plants and financial-services office workspaces, said that 86 per cent of non-factory staff have been remotely working since the work-from-home order was issued.
