Civil Service General Orders aka GaG Orders

The Civil Service General Orders, are a way of stifling the Civil Servants, many Civil Servants are disgusted with the current situation which they are endeavoring within the Civil Service and because of the lack of availability of jobsin the private sector many are unable to leave, many of them are fed up with the injustices that many of the general public has absolutely no idea about, and they are crucified for inefficiencies that are beyond their control, however they can't speak publicly about anything that is transpiring for fear of losing their livelihood, yet this is how the Politicians keep their secrets under wraps they call it General Orders. 

General Orders need to be reviewed and amended, as a Civil Servant yes you are bound by oath to hold certain information in confidence however when it comes down to you having a opinion or disagreeing with polices being implemented you should be able to voice your objections to something you don’t agree with rather than having it forced down your throat, because at the end of the day when or if you resign, are terminated or retire you are still a Caymanian and all those polices and laws affect you as well as a civilian.

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Violates Freedom of Speech

I agree that the General Orders as they now stand violate civil servants rights to freedom of speech.

Beyond this, they are abused by politicans and high level civil servants and explained to civil servants in a way which leads them to think that they can say/write etc even less publically than the policy actually allows them to.

As the civil service is the largest employer of Caymanians, this means that the majority of the voting population in Cayman cannot/ think they cannot express thier thoughts on almost anything of importance / thats 'political' or 'controversial'. And then everyone on a work permit is also affraid to speak out out of fear of thier permit being revoked (or other equivalent responses from immigration and employers, essentially fear of getting kicked out).

 

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Freedom of speech

Violate!? This is the government of the "comprehensive nuisance",violation comes standard.Why would a transparent,honest,means well to Caymanians,government,have to be so secretive?Hmmm? Greed?Money?Keep things going the way thats best to keep those XXX Caymanians sidelined?If yu thought of all three yuv been paying attention for the last 50years or so..

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This is all hilarious!

This is all hilarious! General Orders were repealed on the 31st December 2006. They don't exist! Civil servants are now governed under the Public Servants Management Law.

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So Hilarious !, does this now

So Hilarious !, does this now mean that the Public Service Mgmt Law 2006, allows Civil Servants the protection to speak their minds and opinions without being terminated are becoming a political target?  If it doesn't then the Name has changed but nothing else, if you have knowledge of this please share.  As we all know the civil service WAS once the largest Caymanian employed body within the country, XXXXX

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See section 5 (2) (c) and (d)

See section 5 (2) (c) and (d) of the Law which addresses the rights and responsibilities of civil servants as far as "speaking their minds" is concerned.

And by the way, would Maples, Walkers, CUC, Lime, Butterfield, Firstcaribbean, CNB etc etc allow their employees to get up in public and criticise them for what they, their employer, is doing? Just asking. (As I work for one of these I know the answer!)

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 Government workers is still

 Government workers is still gagged.  They are even told to be careful what they say on networking sites like Facebook.

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