PM Sharif extends workweek of govt employees contrary to global trends
Contrary to many developed countries, duty days were reduced to 4 to 5 days a week, whereas, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif extended workweek.
In many developed countries across the globe, duty days have been reduced from 4.5 days a week to 5 days a week, whereas, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ended up with two weekly leaves of the government employees to a six-day workweek.
Following PM Sharif’s directives, the government employees will now see a six-day workweek as only Sunday will be the weekend. Moreover, the office hours were also changed from 10:00 am to 8:00 am.
According to a report published by India Times, Many of us begin our Monday with the hangover of the previous weekend or plans about the next one. People who work from Monday to Friday (or any other five days of the week) tend to lose steam by the third day of the week; their wishful thinking makes them dream about an extra off.
At times they hit the jackpot when there is an official holiday in a week and the total number of working days reduce to four days only.
As the push for a four-day workweek was already gaining support across the world, the radical changes to office life have made the idea seem more viable to businesses around the world. Now Belgium will offer employees the opportunity to work a four-day week.
In recent years, many other countries have also adopted a four-day workweek schedule and went on to record a noticeable increase in productivity. From UAE to New Zealand, here is the list of countries across the globe that have shifted to a 4-day workweek. Take a look:
- Spain (4-day workweek)
- Iceland (world’s largest trial of a shorter working week)
- Scotland (4-day workweek)
- Ireland (4-day workweek)
- New Zealand (4-day workweek)
- Japan (four-day workweek)
- UAE (4.5-day workweek)
- Belgium (four-day workweek)
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
According to an Al-Jazeera report, the United Arab Emirates announced all government entities will adopt a new work-week schedule consisting of four-and-a-half days with Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday forming the new weekend.
The move, announced by state news agency WAM on Tuesday, will come into effect on January 1, 2022, making the working week more in line with Western schedules. The UAE currently has a Friday-Saturday weekend, which corresponds with other countries in the region.
The transition is “in line with the UAE’s vision to enhance its global competitiveness across economic and business sectors, and to keep pace with global developments”, the Abu Dhabi government media office said in a statement.
