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Baku Transport Agency proposes to change working hours

20 July 2016 [13:46] - TODAY.AZ

/By Azernews/

By Rashid Shirinov

Baku Transport Agency offers to change the working hours in organizations and structures operating in the capital city.

Nurida Allahyarova, PR Manager at the Agency told Trend that the Agency proposed to change the working hours to solve the problem of traffic jams in Baku.

The agency proposed to start the workday at 08:00 and end at 17:00 instead the current schedule starting from 09:00 to 18:00.

MP Musa Guliyev, for his part, reminded that the issue was already raised two years ago in the Parliament.

“One option to avoid traffic jams in the city is changing the working hours, including the start of schools classes. The start of working hour at 09:00, and start of schools classes at 8:00 or 8:30 and their ending simultaneously at 18:00 is not quite necessary. In some places the working day may start at 07:00, while for others it may be 09:00 and 10:00,” he said.

A temporary shift in the working hours has already been successfully applied in Baku during the first European Games held last summer.

Business hours of government bodies and non-governmental organizations were changed to ensure smooth and safe traffic, as well as full mobility of the workforce and spectators of the historic sports event.

The beginning of the working day in Azerbaijan is at 09:00. Weekends are usually Saturday and Sunday (mainly for public offices), but most of the shops and supermarkets are open daily, Trading facilities are closed at 21-23 o’clock, restaurants and bars - much later.

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