A record close to 5000 civil servants have left the civil service in the past one year. This is according to the Royal Civil Service Commission’s annual report for July 2022 – June 2023, released today. According to the report, the attrition rate in the civil service stands at 16 per cent for the Financial Year 2022-2023 which is almost double of last year’s attrition rate.
According to the report, of the total civil servants who left the service, more than 3000 were regular employees and over 1,500 were on contract.
The report states that close to 3500 employees resigned voluntarily, nearly 600 left due to contract completion, close to 500 due to delinking of agencies.
In addition, around 230 left on superannuation, 16 were terminated due to disciplinary issues, 15 due to withdrawal, 13 were compulsorily retired and 11 due to wrong update.
At 2600, professional and management categories recorded the highest number of civil servants leaving their profession.
The lowest was in the executive and specialist position with only 38 employees having left their profession.
The report also highlights the initiatives RCSC carried out to address the growing attrition rate.
Some of the initiatives highlighted in the report include the RCSC resorting to flexible HR recruitment, extending the superannuation age, and hiring resigned and retired individuals on contract.
The Commission also proposed better remuneration and incentives, enhancing supervision and staff engagement, increasing opportunity to enter into civil service through unlimited Bhutan Civil Service Examination attempts and increasing staff requirements for the 2024 intake.
Tashi Yangden
Edited by Phub Gyem
