Hamdan bin Mohammed directs Friday working hours in government authorities, departments and institutions in Dubai during the month of Ramadan
In line with the directives of President Hamdan bin Mohammed directs Friday working hours in government authorities, departments and institutions in Dubai during the holy month of Ramadan Fridays during the holy month to be 70 per cent remote and 30 per cent physical, based on the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, to make the official working hours for federal government employees on Fridays during the month of Ramadan 70 per cent remote, and 30 per cent in-person. His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai, has directed that government bodies, departments and institutions in the Emirate of Dubai work on Fridays during the holy month remotely by 70 per cent and 30 per cent in attendance.
In this context, and in follow-up to the previous circular on working hours in the holy month of Ramadan, the Dubai Government Human Resources Department announced that the official working hours in the holy month of Ramadan will be as follows: from Monday to Thursday from nine in the morning to two thirty in the afternoon. And Fridays from nine in the morning to twelve in the afternoon.
The Department explained that the official working hours for employees in the holy month of Ramadan will be according to the prescribed hours referred to above, except for those whose nature of work requires otherwise, and the Department authorized government entities in Dubai to continue to apply the flexible work regulations approved by them during the working days in the holy month of Ramadan in accordance with the regulations in force, and within the limits of the number of approved working hours per day.
The Dubai Government Human Resources Department urged government entities to grant flexibility to their employees to work remotely on Friday during the holy month of Ramadan by 70% of the total number of employees in accordance with the approved controls.
On this occasion, the Department of Dubai Government Human Resources extended its warmest congratulations and blessings to His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may God protect him, and to their brothers, members of the Supreme Council of the Union and Rulers of the Emirates, asking God Almighty to restore the holy month to them with good health and wellness. The blessed month of Ramadan, asking God the Mighty and Wise to return it to them with goodness, Yemen and blessings.