Tamil Nadu government offices to function with half workforce from May 18
Tamil Nadu government on Friday announced that all the government offices in the state will start functioning with half the workforce from May 18. In addition to that, the state government has directed the offices to work on a rotational basis with 50 per cent of the staff. The government has also asked the offices to follow system of six-day working week including Saturdays as working days.
An order from the Revenue and Disaster Management Department read, "From May 18, in order to have regular functioning of government offices by maintaining social distancing in offices, the government directs that all government offices shall function with half the workforce in any given day. In addition, in order to compensate the working hours already lost, the government directed that a system of six-day working week including Saturdays as working days, with present office timings be brought into force."
Currently, the working strength of all government offices has been kept at a maximum of 33 per cent amid lockdown imposed as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of COVID-19.
The nation is in the third phase of nationwide coronavirus lockdown, which is scheduled to end on May 17. However, in his last address to the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had proposed lockdown 4.0 in a bid to curb further spread of COVID-19.
