KUALA LUMPUR – The Public Service Department (PSD) has set up a special team to study the implementation of a four-day working week following a request for a thorough analysis from various parties.
“The team will research on behalf of the government which sectors (will be involved), as well as maximum and minimum working hours based on the Employment Act 1955, before making a decision,” PSD Director-General Datuk Seri Mohd Shafiq Abdullah told reporters after launching an enforcement integrity module at the Malaysian Institute of Integrity (IIM) today.
He said a lot of issues have to be ironed out because there are many different kinds of jobs now, while working days and breaks will need to be examined.
“A few countries in Europe have implemented the four-day working week, but only for certain jobs,” he said, while adding that the study would not take long.
The four-day working week took the spotlight in early June after it was implemented for 3,000 employees in 70 UK companies without cuts to their pay.
Regarding the enforcement integrity module, which encompasses sub-modules such as Integrity is a Reflection of You and Your Organisation, Shafiq said: “It would contribute to strengthening integrity and good governance.”
IIM chief executive officer, Datuk Wan Suraya Wan Mohd Radzi and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) deputy chief commissioner (prevention), Datuk Seri Norazlan Mohd Razali, also attended the launch. – Bernama, June 30, 2022
