TN govt offices to revert to 5-day week from Jan 1

A government order dated May 15, 2020, had ordered all its offices to function with 50 per cent strength for six days a week in view of the coronavirus pandemic. Subsequently, they were allowed to function with full strength from September 1.

All government offices in Tamil Nadu would revert to a five-day workweek with effect from January 1, 2021, the state government said on Saturday. A government order dated May 15, 2020, had ordered all its offices to function with 50 per cent strength for six days a week in view of the coronavirus pandemic.

Subsequently, they were allowed to function with full strength from September 1. "The present six-day workweek including Saturday be modified and reverted to the five-day workweek with 100 per cent strength... with effect from January 1, 2021," Chief Secretary K Shanmugam said in an order.