Venezuela extends shortened workweek decree for public sector
Venezuela's government on Saturday extended by two weeks a decree reducing the public sector workweek to Mondays and Tuesdays in a bid to tackle the oil-rich country's electricity crisis.
The enforced leave was first announced in late April, a drastic move for a government also grappling with an economic crisis that has Venezuelans queuing for hours to buy scarce supplies.
President Nicolas Maduro's administration blames the power shortage on a drought caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon, which it says has caused water used by the country's hydroelectric plants to run low.
The authorities had hoped rain would replenish reservoirs while the restrictions were in place.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/extends-shortened-workweek-decree-public-sector-220334901.html
