{"id":55150,"date":"2026-06-25T08:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T08:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/?p=55150"},"modified":"2026-06-25T13:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:18:13","slug":"dubai-government-employees-get-flexible-summer-working-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/dubai-government-employees-get-flexible-summer-working-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Government Employees Get Flexible Summer Working Hours in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dubai is relaunching its <strong>Flexible Summer initiative for 2026<\/strong>. From June 29 to September 10, government employees will follow summer working hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Employees will be divided into two groups:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Group 1:<\/strong> Seven-hour workdays from Monday to Thursday, plus a four-and-a-half-hour workday on Friday<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Group 2:<\/strong> Eight-hour workdays from Monday to Thursday, with Fridays off<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/shutterstock_2161687851.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/shutterstock_2161687851.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/shutterstock_2161687851-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/shutterstock_2161687851-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/shutterstock_2161687851-64x32.jpg 64w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/shutterstock_2161687851-480x240.jpg 480w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/shutterstock_2161687851-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Government entities can also introduce approved flexible working hours or allow employees to work remotely, depending on the nature of their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another seasonal change is already in effect: the UAE has introduced its <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae-midday-ban-for-outdoor-work\/\">annual midday work ban<\/a><\/strong> during the hottest hours of summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a productive place outside the office or your home, check out <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/5-cafes-in-dubai-perfect-for-work-good-coffee-wi-fi-and-calm-energy\/\">5 caf\u00e9s in Dubai with reliable Wi-Fi, great coffee<\/a><\/strong>, and comfortable laptop-friendly spaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai is relaunching its Flexible Summer initiative for 2026. From June 29 to September 10, government employees will follow summer working hours. Employees will be divided into two groups: Government entities can also introduce approved flexible working hours or allow employees to work remotely, depending on the nature of their work. Another seasonal change is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":29313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-55150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15497,"slug":"uae","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/","api_id":254,"title":{"rendered":"UAE"}}],"cities":[{"id":15498,"slug":"dubai","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/dubai\/","api_id":1,"title":{"rendered":"Dubai"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}