The Federal Authority for Government Human Resources has formally stated that all ministries and federal bodies will have a New Year’s break on Saturday, January 1, with work, resuming on Monday, January 3. The decision was based on the federal government’s new weekday work structure.
#UAE announces today that it will transition to a four and a half day working week, with Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday forming the new weekend.
All Federal government departments will move to the new weekend from January 1, 2022.#WamNews pic.twitter.com/p4IqjbIiXF
— WAM English (@WAMNEWS_ENG) December 7, 2021
This year, December 31 occurs on a Friday, and because the new work week begins on Saturday, January 1, 2022, and Sunday, January 2 is also a holiday. That implies that beginning with the new work week, government and private-sector employees will have three days off.
