UAE to shift weekend to Saturday and Sunday from next year

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The UAE will have a four-½-day working week, with the weekend starting on Friday afternoon and lasting until Sunday.

The United Arab Emirates will move its weekend to Saturday and Sunday starting next year, the UAE media office said in a tweet on Tuesday.The UAE will have a four-½-day working week after the shift, with the weekend starting on Friday afternoon and lasting until Sunday.The United Arab Emirates will move its weekend to Saturday and Sunday starting next year, the UAE media office said in a tweet on Tuesday.

According to the tweet by the government's media office, the longer weekend is meant to "boost productivity and improve work-life balance.""The new working week will better align the UAE with global markets and is designed to smooth trade, financial and economic transactions with other countries,"

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