New Year Holidays In Uae

The cabinet granted equal leaves to both sectors.

New year holidays in uae. Abu dhabi new year s day will be a holiday for all federal ministries and departments the state news agency wam announced on tuesday. This decision aims to achieve a balance between the two sectors in the number of official holidays they are entitled to. The ministry of human resources and emiratisation said january 1 2017 would be an official paid holiday for all private sector employees in the uae.

Muharram 1 which will mark the beginning of the hijri new year is expected to begin. January 1 in 2021 falls on a friday so unless you work on a friday there s no special holiday for new year s day but hey at least you get to enjoy the. Khaleej times online provides complete uae news and international news coverage and online utilities like dubai gold rate dubai draft rate uae exchange rate silver rate.

All the uae public holidays in 2021. Official work will resume on monday january 2. The new year holidays for the public and private sector have been announced public sector holidays in the uae will be on 31st december 2017 and 1st january 2018 for the private sector the holiday is on 1st january 2018 the federal authority for government human resources fahr made the announcement through a circular that they issued recently.

New year s day january 1 gregorian calendar is a public holiday but new year s eve isn t. Dubai private sector employees in the uae will get a holiday for the hijri new year islamic new year on sunday 23 the 1st of muharram 1442 the ministry of human resources and emiratisation. New year s day 2021 2022 and 2023 while there is also an islamic new year observed in the united arab emirates january 1st is also a public holiday with new year s eve celebrations welcoming in the gregorian calendar new year with great fanfare every year.

The uae on thursday announced a holiday on sunday august 23 to mark the beginning of the islamic new year. Some western companies may give staff a holiday though most workers wishing to celebrate the day will have to book time off.