Newspapers across the country credited Boots in the late 1930s with the move to a
five-day week, with the Aberdeen Press and Journal describing Boots as "
Five-Day Week pioneers".
"It has been reported in certain sections of media that commercial banks would have a
five-day week on the RBI instructions.
Coun Mahmood These will have a greater focus on recycling and all workers will do
five-day weeks.
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government's decision to not have a
five-day week in government offices, is being considered a big setback by government employees who had pinned their hopes on a
five-day week work regimen.
The automaker will allow them to work a
five-day week and will also provide them housing (in a campus) and pay them an extra INR4,000 per month.
Frigoglass said it would initially invest 500,000 to 800,000 euros in the plant and has proposed to workers a
five-day week along with a wage cut.
The government sector and a number of private companies already have a
five-day week.
The government and public sector in Oman works
five-day week with Thursday-Friday being a weekend thus this Eid Al Fitr those working in public sector will get a nine-day holiday.
Inmates already carry out many types of manufacturing work, such as assembling windows and doors and packaging products, but these are expected to be increased to make working a
five-day week normal practice within prisons.
THE Qatar Exchange (QE) showed a mixed performance during the
five-day week that began on Sunday and ended on Thursday.
The only result of a
five-day week would be that people will do in two days what they can do in one.
They were of the firm opinion that
five-day week proposal would affect productivity and performance of government departments and, therefore, disagreed with the proposal.