UAE public sector gets week off for Eid

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HOLIDAY ANNOUNCED: UAE public sector workers are to get a week off to celebrate Eid. (Getty Images)

All public sector employees in the UAE will enjoy one week off work from next Monday to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr, the government announced on Monday.

All ministries and federal government institutions will be closed from Sept. 29 until Oct. 5, according to a circular issued by Civil Service Commission Chairman Humaid Mohammed Al-Qattami, state news agency WAM reported.

Al-Qattami congratulated the people of the UAE and the Islamic World on the occasion.

The government has yet to announce a holiday for the private sector.

Eid Al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, will start on the Oct. 1 for countries that started Ramadan on Sept. 1.

Astronomical studies by the Emirates Astronomical Society (EAS) and the Islamic Crescent Observation Project (ICOP) revealed last week that the last day of Ramadan will fall on Sept. 30 and Eid will begin the following day.

Kuwait's Civil Services Commission has announced that the Eid Al-Fitr holiday is set from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4.

The labour ministry in Saudi Arabia has announced that employees of private companies are entitled to a minimum of four days each of Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha holidays this year.

THE Eid Al-Fitr holidays for ministries and government departments in Qatar will start from Sept. 28 and end on Oct.r 6, it has been announced.

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