Living in the UAE
UAE New Year Holiday: Dates, Paid Leave and Remote Work Explained
January 1 is the UAE’s listed Gregorian New Year public holiday. January 2 is not an automatic second day off. For the next New Year, 1 January 2027 falls on a Friday. The federal remote-work arrangement that made headlines for Friday, 2 January 2026 belonged to that specific year—it is not a standing rule for…
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