{"id":29262,"date":"2025-02-24T07:43:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T07:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/?p=29262"},"modified":"2025-02-24T07:43:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T07:43:32","slug":"uae-confirms-ramadan-2025-work-hours-for-public-sector-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae-confirms-ramadan-2025-work-hours-for-public-sector-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE Confirms Ramadan 2025 Work Hours for Public Sector Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UAE government has announced the <strong>official working hours for federal employees during Ramadan 2025<\/strong>. Public sector offices will operate on a shorter schedule to accommodate the holy month.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FAHR_UAE\/status\/1893572382201127340?mx=2\">circular<\/a> issued by the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fahr.gov.ae\/en\/home\/\">FAHR<\/a>), federal ministries and authorities will work from <strong>9 AM to 2:30 PM from Monday to Thursday<\/strong>, while on <strong>Fridays, the hours will be from 9 AM to 12 PM<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18244\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/shutterstock_2497112381.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/shutterstock_2497112381.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/shutterstock_2497112381-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/shutterstock_2497112381-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/shutterstock_2497112381-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The circular also allows for flexibility \u2014 ministries and government offices can introduce <strong>remote work<\/strong> or <strong>adjustable schedules<\/strong> where necessary, as long as they stay within the set daily hours. This announcement ensures that government employees can balance their professional duties with Ramadan\u2019s religious and cultural practices.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from adjusted working hours, <strong>several other changes will take effect during Ramadan across the UAE<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Public etiquette &amp; rules: residents and visitors are asked to respect Ramadan customs. You can <strong>check the <a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/ramadan-rules-in-abu-dhabi-key-dos-and-donts-for-residents-expats-and-visitors\/\">full list of DOs and DON&#8217;Ts<\/a><\/strong> during the holy month.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/dubai-salik-toll-gate-pricing-update-for-ramadan-new-timings-and-reduced-fees\/\">Changes will apply to Salik toll fees<\/a> in Dubai<\/strong>, offering free passage from 2 AM to 7 AM daily and reduced prices during other periods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UAE government has announced the official working hours for federal employees during Ramadan 2025. Public sector offices will operate on a shorter schedule to accommodate the holy month. According to a circular issued by the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAHR), federal ministries and authorities will work from 9 AM to 2:30 PM [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":14715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0623\u062d\u062f\u062b \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631"}}],"countries":[{"id":15497,"slug":"uae","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae\/","api_id":254,"title":{"rendered":"\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0645\u0627\u0631\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u062d\u062f\u0629"}}],"cities":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}