New Year’s Day to be paid holiday for private sector

This content was originally posted in 7DAYS UAE website at: New Year’s Day to be paid holiday for private sector New Year’s Day will be a paid holiday for private sector employees, the UAE Ministry of Labour has said. According to a report on national news agency WAM on Monday: “Friday, January 1, 2016 has been declared a paid holiday for private sector employees in enterprises, institutions and companies of private sector in the country that are running their workers on Friday, on the occasion of New Year’s Day. “Saqr bin Ghobash Saeed Ghobash, Minister of Labour, has issued a circular in this regard pursuant to the provisions of Article 74 of the Federal Law No. 08 for the year 1980 concerning the regulations of labour relations and its amendments.” RELATED: Dubai tops list of most expensive cities on New Year’s Eve In a separate report earlier in the day, WAM said there will not be any extra public or private sector paid holiday for New Year as it falls on a weekend. “The Federal Authority for Human Resources has said that the New Year’s holiday for 2016, which falls on Friday, January 1, will not be transferred to another day,” WAM reported. news@7days.ae Read the original story at: New Year’s Day to be paid holiday for private sector