Sikkim Govt has not been happy with the performance of their employees, the Sikkim government has withdrawn the five-day working week system and declared that they will get holidays only on second and fourth Saturdays.
After coming to power in May last year, Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang introduced the five-day working week for employees of the state government and public sector units.
Earlier, it was a six-day week.
According to the media, official sources state, “the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha government was not satisfied with the performance levels of its employees despite providing them with a good number of holidays on Saturdays.”
After altering the May 28, 2019 notification, Chief Secretary S C Gupta on Monday said that with effect from April 1, 2020, only the second and fourth Saturdays will be holidays for the government and PSU offices in Sikkim.