By Nimfa L. Estrellado Local government units across Quezon Province implement a four-day onsite work week under a national directive, with ...
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| Local government units across Quezon Province implement a four-day onsite work week under a national directive, with regular office transactions scheduled from Monday to Thursday. (Lucena City PIO) |
LUCENA CITY, Quezon — Local government offices across Quezon Province have begun implementing a four-day onsite work week following a directive from the national government. The new work arrangement introduces longer office hours from Monday to Thursday while suspending regular office operations on Fridays.
The change follows Memorandum Circular No. 114 issued by the Office of the President under Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., which encourages government offices to adopt alternative work schedules. The directive aims to help reduce electricity use in government buildings and make office operations more efficient.
The circular covers national government agencies as well as provinces, cities, and municipalities throughout the country. Local government units are authorized to issue their own executive orders or administrative directives to carry out the policy based on their office needs.
Across Quezon Province, provincial, city, and municipal government offices have begun adjusting their office schedules to comply with the directive. Several LGUs across the province have started implementing the four-day work week in accordance with the national policy.
Under the new schedule, regular office operations will run Monday to Thursday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., while no regular office operations will be conducted on Fridays. The extended daily schedule allows government offices to complete the required 40-hour work week within four days instead of the traditional five-day schedule.
Despite the change in schedule, offices that provide essential public services will continue to operate. These include health services, disaster response offices, civil registry services, social welfare offices, and traffic management units.
Frontline service offices will implement skeletal staffing and shifting schedules to ensure that services remain available to the public. These arrangements are intended to maintain continuous public service while adapting to the four-day office schedule.
Other government facilities that provide daily public services such as public markets, slaughterhouses, solid waste management offices, and engineering maintenance units will also continue their normal operations. These offices are expected to maintain their services to ensure that essential community needs are met.
Residents across Quezon Province are advised to schedule their transactions with local government offices from Monday to Thursday under the adjusted office schedule. The new work arrangement is expected to streamline office operations while ensuring that essential public services remain available.
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