UAE workers will not receive additional day for New Year

Workers in the United Arab Emirates will not receive an additional day off to celebrate New Year, which falls during the weekend, officials have confirmed.

January 1, 2016 falls on a Friday, the first day of the weekend in the UAE.

Although public holidays can be shifted in the country, the Federal Authority for Human Resources has said that the New Year’s holiday for 2016 will not be transferred to another day, official news agency WAM reported.