Weekend – NJQ & Associates https://njq-ip.com Treat Your IP Sun, 30 Mar 2025 09:00:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.5 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: SHIFT WEEKEND TO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NEXT YEAR https://njq-ip.com/newsletters/2021/12/united-arab-emirates-shift-weekend-to-saturday-and-sunday-next-year/ Tue, 21 Dec 2021 07:07:01 +0000 https://njq-ip.com/?post_type=newsletter&p=10947 ABU DHABI – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced its transition to a 4.5-day work week with weekends to consist of Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday for state employees. This change will take effect on 1 January 2022.

Like most countries in the Gulf, the UAE currently has a Sunday-to-Thursday work week with Fridays and Saturdays off.

This transition is likely to make the UAE the first nation to formalise a workweek shorter than five days and will allow the country to align more closely with global markets, bringing the country more in line with Western schedules.

For more information, please contact uae@qumsieh.com.

]]> United Arab Emirates (UAE) – Changing of Weekend Holiday https://njq-ip.com/newsletters/2006/09/united-arab-emirates-uae-changing-of-weekend-holiday/ https://njq-ip.com/newsletters/2006/09/united-arab-emirates-uae-changing-of-weekend-holiday/#respond Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:04:54 +0000 https://njq-ip.com/?post_type=newsletter&p=7482 This is to advise that as of beginning of September 2006 the Federal Government of UAE has changed the week end holiday from Thursday and Friday to Friday and Saturday.

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