The Emirate of Sharjah adopts a 3-day weekend

Written By رنا السيلاوي on 2021/12/09

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

Weather of Arabia - The Executive Council in the Emirate of Sharjah announced the adoption of the new work system, with the weekly leave being 3 days, "Friday, Saturday and Sunday".

 

The "Sharjah Executive" approved changing the weekly work system in the emirate, to become four working days from Monday to Thursday, and the weekend becomes Friday, Saturday and Sunday .

 

The change includes the official working hours of government agencies to be from 7:30 in the morning to 3:30 in the afternoon , with the implementation of the new system starting from January 1, 2022 AD.

 

The UAE amends the weekend to become Saturday and Sunday, and consider Friday to be half a working day

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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