TOMORROW, THE FIRST FRIDAY, WILL BE AN OFFICIAL WOKING DAY IN THE HISTORY OF EMIRATES

  • 06/01/2022

Tomorrow, Friday, will be the first government working day in the UAE's history, as part of a new weekly work schedule.

Employees of the federal government sector and local governments, with the exception of Sharjah, begin their work for a period of four and a half hours, from 7.30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., according to the implementation of the new weekly work system announced by the UAE government and entered into force at the start of the new year 2022, to be four working days, from Monday to Thursday, a half working day on Friday, and a weekly holiday on Saturday and Sunday. 

Beginning this Friday, mosques will begin unifying the date of the Friday sermon and prayer, so that it will be at 1:15 p.m. throughout the year, and the date of the Friday sermon, prayer, and residence in Sharjah will remain on schedule, according to the Hijri calendar. 

The new work system will include the option of implementing flexible working hours and a remote work system in federal authorities on Friday, provided that the federal authorities authorise the implementation methods, as required by the interest of the workflow in these authorities.

The new weekly work system will boost the UAE's place on the business map as a worldwide economic hub by contributing to the strengthening of the national economy's integration with other economies and global markets. 

And it strengthens its important and effective strategic position in the global economy, particularly because the new weekly work system ensures that the days of exchanges and commercial, economic, and financial dealings are consistent with the countries that observe the weekly holiday on Saturdays and Sundays. 

Adoption of the new system of working days and weekly holidays will benefit the financial sector because it will align with working days in international stock exchanges and financial markets, as well as international banks, and thus the new system will improve the performance of the UAE's stock markets, banks, insurance companies, and foreign trade.

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