Werk-en-rust, also Werken-Rust, (Work and Rest) is a ward in Georgetown, Guyana, located along the Demerara River that feeds into the Atlantic Ocean.

By the end of the 18th century, the plantation was reduced as parcels of land were sold off to saw-millers.

[3] In 1798, it was a coffee plantation owned by Erve Weber & Co.[4] A cemetery was established there, people began to settle in Werk-en-rust, and it became an extension of Stabroek by 1799.

The wards were created from the Eve Leary, Le Repentir, La Bourgade, and Vlissengen, and Werk-en-Rust plantations.

[2] In 1817, there were 49 female and 56 male enslaved people and the area was owned by the estate of Erve Weber.