Ministry of Labour announced Ramadan Working Hours

The UAE Ministry of Labour announced the official working hours of customer service counters during the holy month of Ramadan. The counters will be open from 09:00 am morning to 05:30 pm in the evening. The notice of working hours during the holy month of Ramadan was issued by Minister of Labour  - H.E. Saqr Ghoubash.

The circular details that the official working hours of the employees in all service counters of the Labour ministry will work morning & evening shifts according to the applied rotation system. The morning shift will start at 09:00 a.m. and ends at 14:00 p.m. while the evening duty shift will start at 12:30 p.m. and ends at 17:00 p.m. Ministry focuses on Government institutional`s Excellence in administration work based on the Federal Law by Decree No. 11 for the year 2008.

The morning and evening shifts will be applied only in the customer service counters while the rest of the staff will work from 09:00 a.m. to 14:00 p.m. during the holy month of Ramadan as per the flexible working hour’s system applied by the ministry. The flexible working hour’s system was started by Ministry of Labour in February 2013 and followed by all staff of the Labour ministry in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and all other offices in the United Arab Emirates.