NOC weighing a plan to lay off unnecessary staff
KATHMANDU, SEP 19 -
After deciding to appoint a chief through free competition, Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) is now planning to layoff unnecessary workforce.
The state-owned oil monopoly is currently carrying out a study on how many staffers does it require. It is considering dismissing over 200 temporary political appointees. “NOC is currently studying on the number of staffers it needs,” said Purushottam Ojha, secretary at the Ministry of Commerce and Supplies (MoCS).
NOC, in consultation with MoCS, has hired Tek Nath Dhakal, chief of Public Administration Campus, as a consultant for the staff restructuring. “We will prepare a policy and strategic recommendation on NOC’s existing staffing problem and also staff requirement for now and future,” said Dhakal.
According to Ojha, NOC could dismiss employees who are either appointed on daily or monthly payment basis after the study is completed. The corporation has 789 staffers—398 permanent, 167 on contract, 180 on daily pay basis, and 43 in monthly payment.
The staff restructuring of NOC is line with the recommendation of the High-level Petroleum Sector Reform Taskforce report. The report has stated that one of the major factors of NOC’s massive losses is its additional financial burden of paying for unnecessary workforce. The report has also claimed that NOC has not followed due regulations while appointing contract- and wage-based employees. The corporation, whose cumulative loss has reached Rs 8.41 billion, has outstanding loans worth Rs 17.02 billion.
Source: Kantipur
After deciding to appoint a chief through free competition, Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) is now planning to layoff unnecessary workforce.
The state-owned oil monopoly is currently carrying out a study on how many staffers does it require. It is considering dismissing over 200 temporary political appointees. “NOC is currently studying on the number of staffers it needs,” said Purushottam Ojha, secretary at the Ministry of Commerce and Supplies (MoCS).
NOC, in consultation with MoCS, has hired Tek Nath Dhakal, chief of Public Administration Campus, as a consultant for the staff restructuring. “We will prepare a policy and strategic recommendation on NOC’s existing staffing problem and also staff requirement for now and future,” said Dhakal.
According to Ojha, NOC could dismiss employees who are either appointed on daily or monthly payment basis after the study is completed. The corporation has 789 staffers—398 permanent, 167 on contract, 180 on daily pay basis, and 43 in monthly payment.
The staff restructuring of NOC is line with the recommendation of the High-level Petroleum Sector Reform Taskforce report. The report has stated that one of the major factors of NOC’s massive losses is its additional financial burden of paying for unnecessary workforce. The report has also claimed that NOC has not followed due regulations while appointing contract- and wage-based employees. The corporation, whose cumulative loss has reached Rs 8.41 billion, has outstanding loans worth Rs 17.02 billion.
Source: Kantipur
