Sri Lanka announces four-day workweek for public sector
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On March 16, 2026 Sri Lanka announced a four-day working week with Wednesdays off for government institutions, schools, and universities to conserve fuel.
Why it matters
The measure applies to government institutions, schools, and universities, which will observe Wednesdays as a weekly day off. All routine government functions will be temporarily suspended on that weekday. Employees in designated essential services — explicitly including the health sector, ports, water supply, and customs — will continue to operate all days. The private sector was encouraged to consider a similar schedule. A QR code–based digital system to ration retail fuel sales, limiting weekly quotas by vehicle, was introduced one day earlier.
Implications
- • Routine public-sector administrative services, schools, and universities will be unavailable on Wednesdays.
- • Designated essential-service operators (health, ports, water supply, customs) must maintain seven-day operations despite the weekly public-sector suspension.
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