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Sikkim Govt withdraws 5 day working-week system, holidays only on 2nd and 4th Saturdays

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Sikkim Govt has not been happy with the performance of their employees, the Sikkim government has withdrawn the five-day working week system and declared that they will get holidays only on second and fourth Saturdays.

The new system will be effective from April 1, according to a notification.

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.

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