A Longer Official Day
Administrative public bodies across the country will add one hour to their official working day under a decision issued by the General Secretariat of the Presidency on 2 November 2026. The standard day is set to run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., giving offices a uniform eight-hour schedule.
The measure covers administrative public entities and is due to take effect in early December 2026. Each body that falls under the decision must publicly announce the hours during which it receives citizens, so that people with business at state offices know when to come.
How Agencies Will Apply It
The decision leaves each entity to decide how the additional hour is used. Offices may lengthen the window in which they serve the public, or reserve the extra time for internal processing of files and transactions.
That flexibility is meant to fit the added hour to the nature of each office's work, whether it deals directly with citizens or handles administrative tasks away from the counter. The choice shapes whether the public gains more counter time or files move through faster behind the scenes.
Review After Three Months
A preliminary assessment is planned three months after the longer day begins, conducted together with the Ministry of Administrative Development. It is to weigh productivity, the quality of public services, operating costs, and the satisfaction of both employees and citizens.
Measuring operating costs reflects the extra hours the state will run its offices each day. The findings are intended to guide whether the arrangement continues unchanged or is adjusted.
Worker Entitlements Unchanged
Employees' rights to wages, compensation, breaks, and leave remain governed by existing legislation, and the decision ties no change to them. The legal treatment of the extra hour in some bodies, including how it is counted as official working time, is still to be clarified.