UAE Moves To 4.5 Day Working Week, "First Nation In The World"

With this, UAE is the first nation in the world to introduce a national working week shorter than the global five-day week.

The United Arab Emirates is slashing its working week to four-and-a-half days and moving its weekend from Fridays and Saturdays to Saturdays and Sundays, officials said on Tuesday.

"The UAE is the first nation in the world to introduce a national working week shorter than the global five-day week," official news agency WAM reported.

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