Home Industry Education UAE grants flexible working hours to mothers of children attending nurseries The benefit will be available to all public sector female employees across the country by Zainab Mansoor March 2, 2020 Mothers across the UAE who are employed at ministries and federal entities and have children in nurseries, will be granted flexible working hours, according to a circular issued by the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAHR). الهيئة الاتحادية للموارد البشرية الحكومية تدعو الوزارات والجهات الاتحادية إلى منح موظفاتها من أمهات الأطفال المسجلين في دور الحضانة التي تم تعليق عملها، مرونة في ساعات العمل، كسلطة جوازية لها، وبما لا يخل بمصلحة العمل لديها، لمدة ساعتين يومياً، في بداية الدوام أو نهايته. pic.twitter.com/GOSV0RqWu2 — FAHR (@FAHR_UAE) March 1, 2020 Under the mandate, working mothers may arrive two hours late or leave two hours earlier than regular working hours to tend to their children registered at nurseries which have been suspended on coronavirus fears. The directive was issued following a decision by the Ministry of Education (MOE) to temporarily close nurseries from March 1 as a precautionary measure against the virus. Read: Coronavirus update: Number of cases in the UAE total 21, nurseries to be closed from March 1 The flexible working hours will be called off once nurseries are reopened. FAHR urged all entities concerned to abide by the decision for as long as it does not impact the workflow. 0 Comments