To ease traffic congestion in Metro Manila, Civil Service Commission Chair Francisco Duque adopted a four-day workweek for government employees wherein government agencies are directed to arrange a working schedule for their employees to work from Monday to Thursday or from Tuesday to Friday with working hours per day increased from 8 hours to 10 hours so that the total number of work hours per week remain at 40 hours.
While I support the suggested four-day workweek and the increase in working hours per day, there appears no visible or immediate impact on how traffic would be reduced if the working schedule is left to the discretion of the employees. I would, therefore, reiterate my four-day workweek proposal which I have been suggesting since 1997.
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