1. (a) I have been advised that departmental records reflect that there were no employees of the then Department of Trade and Industry who performed work outside normal working hours, in addition to the responsibilities, related to their work in the past five (5) financial years.
(b) (i) In 2017, the dti had two (2) applications declined by the Head of Department as conflict of interest was determined.
In 2021 one (1) application was declined by the HoD as conflict of interest was determined.
(ii) The above applicants are employed in the Industrial Financing Branch.
2. No approval was granted for the applicants as conflict of interest was identified.
(a) According to Public Service Regulations, 2016; Regulation 24 states that “An application by an employee to perform remunerative work outside his or her department shall be in accordance with the process determined by the Minister and in the form issued by the Minister”. No employee at the dti/c is allowed to perform other remunerative work without approval.
(b) The HoD of the dtic is responsible for approving other remunerative work applications as delegated by the EA.
(c) There were no contraventions as all applications were declined by the HoD.
(d) N/A
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