ABU DHABI // Public sector employees have been given a five-day holiday to mark Martyrs’ Day and National Day.
All ministry and federal government entities and organisations will be closed from Tuesday, December 1 until Saturday, December 5.
Normal working hours will resume on Sunday, December 6.
The Federal Authority for Government Human Resources said that although Martyrs’ Day falls on Monday, November 30, if a public holiday falls between two weekdays it can be moved to the beginning or end of that week.
In this case it has also been merged with UAE National Day celebrations on December 2 and 3.
UAE public holidays: click here for the complete 2015 listings
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