{"id":13352,"date":"2019-04-02T07:16:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T07:16:40","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-04-02T07:16:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T07:16:40","slug":"isra-and-miraj-public-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/announcements\/isra-and-miraj-public-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"There Will Be No Public Holiday This Week But Eid LOOKS Like It Could Be A Long One"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yesterday, residents received confirmation there would be no public or private sector holidays for Isra and Mi’raj this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The change is in line with a holiday alignment between the two sectors<\/a>, announced by the government in early March.<\/p>\n

It’s not all bad news, however, as the announcements made by the UAE Government Twitter account DO mean the private sector will, in fact, have more holidays this year.<\/p>\n

Beginning with Eid, when depending on the moon-sighting, residents COULD get up to five days holiday.<\/p>\n

The holidays for 2019 and 2020 were confirmed in March<\/h4>\n
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The UAE Cabinet approves public holidays for the public sector for the years 2019-2020, and grants the private sector equal holidays. The decision aims at achieving a balance between the two sectors and supporting the national economy. #UAEGov<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/VqQqU8IBFx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 UAEGov (@uaegov) March 5, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Overall, the private sector has two extra holiday days this year<\/h3>\n

It looks like Isra and Mi’raj the Prophet’s birthday holiday PBUH will not be marked with a holiday, however the move streamlines the granted number of holidays for each sector to a total of 14 days each per year. (This jumps from the 12 public holidays which were granted for the private sector in 2018<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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