5-day workweek resumes in Negros Occidental provincial capitol

BACOLOD CITY –– Work at the Negros Occidental provincial capitol in this city resumed on Friday, Nov.13, following the resumption of the five-day workweek.

Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson ordered employees to render eight working hours a day for five days or a total of 40 days a week since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in Bacolod City has improved.

”Gov. Lacson respects this accomplishment and the employees of the Capitol can work five days a week without fear,” Diaz said.

Last Aug. 28, the provincial government adopted a four-day workweek arrangement as a measure to contain the spread of COVID-19.

Employees at the provincial capital were then required to physically report to work only from Monday to Thursday. On Fridays, they worked from home.

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