ANGELES CITY -- Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. has warned Rural Health Units (RHUs) employees to strictly observe the 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. working hours in their respective areas or face sanctions.
The mayor said he received reports that RHU employees leave their respective posts earlier than 5 pm everyday.
"Sa ipinagawa kong pagmomonitor ng mga Rural Health Units natin, nalaman po namin na totoo talaga ang balita — ang karamihan sa mga RHU employees ay wala na sa center ng 3 pm," he said.
According to the Mayor, most of the doctors and nurses are not on duty during these periods.
"Ang karamihan ng mga doktors at nurses natin wala rin po ng ganung oras, ang pasok po nating mga empleyado ay 8 am to 5 pm," he added.
Lazatin tasked the Human Resource Management Office to require RHU employees to have a time record, since it was discovered that there are no logbooks to monitor their DTRs.
"Karamihan ng RHU walang logbook, kung wala pong logbooks, paano nila idinedeclare ang kanilang DTR? Noon tanungin po sila ng nagmomonitor, ang sabi ng mga tao sa RHU, talaga daw hindi sila naglologbook maski noon. So, paano po mga DTR ninyo? Hula hula po ba?" He said.
The mayor claimed that the city hall is not a "haunted house." "There is no place for ghost employees here."
"Ipapaalala ko lang po na ang nandaraya po ng oras at DTR ay pwedeng kasuhan ng dishonesty at grave misconduct na punishable by dismissal," the mayor said.
By 2020, the mayor said he will implement the facial recognition time keeping system to promote efficiency and better service.
"This will be my first and last warning, City Health employees. Ayusin nyo ang trabaho at ayusin nyo ang serbisyo," he said. "I am appealing to you. If you will stay that way, please resign."