Venezuela Rations Energy With Shorter Work Days

The Venezuelan government issued a statement on Sunday, March 23, in which it announced an adjustment of the working day for the public administration for six weeks due to the effects of the climate crisis on the reservoirs and, therefore, on the stability of the National Electrical System (SEN). Through the measure the ministries, mayors, governors and state powers will work between 8:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. three days a week—or in format 1x1—to…

A category of employees, state or private, will be able to reduce their work schedule from eight hours to six hours. The current legislation provides for certain rights and benefits for these persons. The article was made law! Employees from the state and private can only work six hours a day and will receive the full salary appearing for the first time in Romania TV.

The government of Nicolás Maduro ordered the reduction of the working day in the public administration to only three days a week and four and a half hours a day, in an attempt to mitigate the energy crisis that Venezuela is going through in the wake of the severe drought that affects the electricity generating reservoirs. The measure, which began to govern this Monday and will extend for six weeks, was announced in response to a “climate emergen…

The public administration restricts its schedule to only 13.5 hours per week on a temporary basis.The new schedule will be 4 and a half hours, from 8 to 12.30 hours only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the next six weeks.

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(March 25, 2025. El Venezolano).- The lawyer and political analyst Johel Orta has pointed out the possibility of a further postponement of the elections of governors and national and regional legislators, scheduled for May 25, as a result of the recent reduction of working hours in the public administration, which will be implemented for six weeks due to the climate crisis that the country is currently experiencing. During his participation in t…