Chennai: Tamilnadu government has announced that its offices will revert to work for five days a week with 100 per cent strength from 1 January, 2021.
Chief Secretary K Shanmugam, in an order, said the present six-day working week would be reverted to a five-day schedule.
During the lockdown, the schedule for all government offices was made six days with 50 per cent staff strength. Subsequently, the offices were permitted to function with 100 per cent staff strength.
“The present six-day workweek, including Saturday, be modified and reverted to five-day workweek with 100% strength… with effect from 1 January, 2021,” Shanmugam said.
The government staff were working on various shifts over the last few months in order to restrict physical contact to prevent the spread of Covid-19.