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Recommendation 18

18 Rejected

Demands on the civil servants working on the Covid-19 pandemic response and/or EU Exit have...

Recommendation
Demands on the civil servants working on the Covid-19 pandemic response and/or EU Exit have been high at a time when many are having to adjust to new ways of remote working.48 The Cabinet Office believes that morale across staff working on these two priorities remains high despite these challenges and believes the results from its ongoing people survey will confirm this.49 However, it is not clear if it has considered what impact working in this challenging environment will have on staff resilience.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government disagrees with the recommendation and refers to its response for recommendation 4, indicating a rejection of the implicit suggestion to consider staff resilience impacts.
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Government Response Rejected
HM Government · verbatim extract Rejected
3. 1 The government disagrees with this recommendation. 3.2 Please refer to the department’s response to recommendation 4.
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