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The shift to a Saturday-Sunday weekend for government workers shows the UAE is striving to align itself with business practice in much of the rest of the world, with international lawyers hoping the change will be adopted by the private sector in due course.
December 09, 2021 at 12:01 AM
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Lawyer Work-Life Balance
In a dramatic and unexpected development, the United Arab Emirates has shifted to a four-and-a-half day Monday-Friday working week for federal government offices, a move to be introduced on January 1, 2022 that the private sector is expected to also adopt in due course.
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