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The United Arab Emirates Government announced official holidays for the public and private sectors for the years 2019. The Cabinet granted equal leaves (14 days) sectors. This decision aims to achieve a balance between the two sectors in the number of official holidays they are entitled to.
Public holidays which happen on Saturday or Sunday are lost for the particular year – thus the average number of public holidays during working days in the years 2000 to 2016 was only 8.9 days. Employees of employers who are not part of the private sector or engaged in non-commercial activities are entitled to a vacation allowance of 5 weeks.
It is generally a two day holiday, with December 3 (the day after National Day) also being a observed as a public holiday. [11] Air shows are conducted while military processions are held at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre for the rulers of the Emirates, members of the Federal National Council , and Emirati citizens.
While the program has been in place for more than a decade and results can be seen in the public sector, the private sector is still lagging behind with citizens only representing 0.34% of the private sector workforce. [5] In the UAE workplace, much better treatment is afforded to Emiratis than immigrants.
6 November – The UAE and Australia sign a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). [25] 17 November – Stocks listed in the United Arab Emirates top $1 trillion USD for the first time. [26] 24 November – Zvi Kogan, an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi working for Chabad, is found killed after being reported missing in Dubai on 21 November.
The UAE moved its Friday-Saturday weekend to Saturday-Sunday in a landmark reform that came into force on January 1, 2022. The new system was rolled out across all government entities and most firms in the private sector followed suit. [107] In 2022, the Museum of the Future was inagurated by the Government of the United Arab Emirates. [108]
January 2 - The 2010 Capitala World Tennis Championship ends after starting on December 31, 2009. [1] January 4 - Burj Khalifa, the world tallest building, was opened to the public. [2] [3] January 10 - Sheikh Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan is acquitted of beating a former business partner in a videotaped attack. [4]