State Corporations and Public Universities will have to comply with new guidelines in the development of human resource management tools.
In a circular by the Public Service Commission (PSC), State Corporations will be required to seek technical support from the parent ministry or any other government Institution with requisite skills and competencies in development of Human Resource Management Instruments.
After submitting the Instruments through the Parent Ministry, the Public Service Commission shall do analysis, engage the respective State Corporations for clarification, where necessary and thereafter approve the instruments and release them to the State Corporation for implementation, or defer the approval and return the instruments to the State Corporation indicating areas of amendment.
On amendment, the State Corporation re-submits the Human Resource Management Instruments to the Commission for consideration within sixty (60) days from the date of the decision. The Commission shall consider and approve the Human Resource Management Instruments with a provision that any other comments or concerns be raised with the Commission within sixty (60) days from the date of the decision. A copy of the approved instruments will be forwarded to the Parent Ministry for information and retention.
In a circular signed by CEO Dr. Simon Rotich and addressed to all authorised officers, vice chancellors of public universities and CEOs of state corporations, the Commission cautioned that any HR instruments released for implementation without prior approval by the Commission will be considered null and void in line with the court decisions.
“Any newly developed or reviewed human resource management instruments or proposals for establishment of new offices or abolition of offices should comply with the guidelines and be submitted to the Commission for consideration and approval,” the circular reads.
Rotich said the new guidelines have been designed with a view to streamlining the management and oversight of human resource in State Corporations. It calls on all boards or council of state corporations to obtain approval from PSC for organizational structure, career guidelines and human resource management policies and procedures manual.
The new guidelines will also outline different roles of actors in management of human resource function, institutionalise decision making on employee matters, entrench national values and principles of governance in management of human resources.
The new guidelines come against the background of court decisions that affirmed the role of the Commission in the management of the human resource in state corporations and public universities. The commission said, they are also in accordance with article 234 of the Constitution that outlines the mandate and powers of the Commission on human resource management in the public service.
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