{"id":5194,"date":"2021-12-07T19:06:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T19:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/?p=5194"},"modified":"2021-12-07T19:13:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T19:13:36","slug":"uae-initiates-4-5-day-working-week-to-boost-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/uae-initiates-4-5-day-working-week-to-boost-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE initiates 4.5 Day Working Week to Boost Productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>United Arab emiraters has initiated to move federal employees to a four-and-a-half day working week starting January 1, 2022. Their new weekend will start from Friday 12 p.m (half-a-day) until Sunday night as informed by the UAe government.<\/p>\n<h2>UAE initiates 4.5 Day Working Week to Boost Productivity<\/h2>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-5195\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 710 450'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/UAE-initiates-4.5-Day-Working-Week-SaudiExpatriate.com_.png\" alt=\"UAE initiates 4.5 Day Working Week SaudiExpatriate.com\" width=\"710\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All the Government Entities in UAE (United Arab Emirates) will start working in this schedule which will consists of 4.5 working days, being Friday a half day till 12 PM and Saturday &amp; Sunday as Week Offs every week starting January 2022.<\/p>\n<h2>Saturday &amp; Sunday Week Off in UAE &amp; Friday will be half day every Week<\/h2>\n<p>This Week off and working hours change in UAE will boost employee productivity and improve work life balance for employees and residents living in united Arab emirates (UAE)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UAE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UAE<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p>All Federal government departments will move to the new weekend from January 1, 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tQoa22pai9\">pic.twitter.com\/tQoa22pai9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UAEGOV (@UAEmediaoffice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UAEmediaoffice\/status\/1468129958019182592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>By taking this step, UAE has become the first nation in the world to introduce a UAE national working week which is shorter than the global five-day week<\/p>\n<p>Hoping the same to happen in Saudi Arabia (KSA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Arab emiraters has initiated to move federal employees to a four-and-a-half day working week starting January 1, 2022. 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