1/9/2024 0 Comments Joining hands around the world![]() The increase in resignations comes after an oath of allegiance was introduced for civil servants, requiring them to make a declaration to uphold the Basic Law – Hong Kong’s mini-constitution – and pledge allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Other reasons included retiring, end of contracts, or dismissal. The number of resignations was around a third of the 10,487 departures from the civil service overall. It added: “What is important is that the government is able to hire and retain suitable talent to serve the public.” Responding to the Hong Kong Free Press, the Bureau said that the resignation of civil servants “has not impacted government work much”. ![]() This is more than double the total in the previous year. The number of civil servants leaving their jobs in the Hong Kong government has risen to the highest level since the 1997 handover of the city state from the UK to China.Īccording to the figures released by the Hong Kong Civil Service Bureau last week, 3,734 civil servants resigned from their jobs in the year 2021-22. Read more: Best in class: a more inclusive approach to diversity Number of officials leaving Hong Kong government doubles in a year Read more: The senior civil service in Britain: what it is, who is in it, and how it has changed The strategy made only one mention of people from ethnic minority backgrounds, stating: “We will make sure that people from minority ethnic backgrounds, those living with disabilities and those who have experienced disadvantage in their early lives can flourish in public service.” Where our data indicates progress is not being made, action will be taken,” the strategy said. Rather than relying on standalone targets, our ambitions will be embedded in these key deliverables designed to improve our delivery for citizens. “We will mainstream our success measures with our broader organisational priorities, such as Places for Growth, senior civil service workforce planning, talent schemes and recruitment priorities. However, in its Diversity and Inclusion Strategy: 2022 to 2025, published earlier this year, the government said it had stopped using targets to measure progress. The government had previously pledged to increase the percentage of senior civil servants who are from an ethnic minority year-on-year to reach 13.2% in the three year period from 2022 to 2025. Percentage of civil servants from an ethnic minority background by grade 2012 to 2022 Civil Service Statistics 2022 In this group, there was a year-on-year decline from 10.6% in 2021 to 10.3% in 2022. There was a year-on-year increase at all grades, with the exception of the senior civil service – the group of officials who run government departments or hold other top posts. Official figures for 2022 revealed that, of those with a known ethnicity, the percentage of government officials who are from an ethnic minority background is at a record high of 15.0% – up from 14.3% in 2021, and 9.3% a decade ago. The percentage of UK civil servants from an ethnic minority background is at a record high, according to the latest figures, but the proportion in top jobs has fallen for the first time since 2015. Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed Diversity of UK senior civil service falls, rises at lower grades
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