Members of the public continue to call for the dress code to be relaxed when conducting business with Government entities, but seventy-four percent of public servants seem to believe that the dress code should be maintained.
This was suggested in a report on the national dress code that was on Thursday submitted to Cheryl Sampson, Liaison to Public Service Minister Dr Rupert
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Roopnaraine, at the Ministry of the Presidency’s Department of Public Service.
The report on the Committee on National Dress Code advises that Managers at Government agencies are expected to maintain the standard of dress for workers.
It has been reasoned that workers must appear tidy and professional when dealing with members of the public. Twenty-seven Government agencies participated in the survey, which saw 6,799 questionnaires being distributed by Permanent Secretaries.
Secretary to the National Dress Code Committee, Deborah Blackmoore, said the
recommendations took into account Guyana’s climate and the nation’s “rich cultural diversity”. She explained that the Bureau of Statistics assisted with the
analysis, and it was through the report that fifty-five percent (55%) of public servants said Government should finance uniforms for public servants.
The Committee’s mandate was to develop a Dress Code for Public Servants through
