Sharjah adopts full Friday, Saturday and Sunday as weekend - GulfToday

Sharjah adopts full Friday, Saturday and Sunday as weekend

  • 09 Dec 2021
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A view of Sharjah skyline.

Syed Shayaan Bakht, Staff Reporter 

Under the directives of the Ruler of Sharjah His Highness Sheikh Sultan Bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member, the Executive Council in the Emirate approves the new work system. The weekly leave is 3 days (Friday, Saturday and Sunday)

The Sharjah Executive changed 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 entities 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.

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