Reduced work hours in UAE for Ramadan

Working hours in Ramadan for all sectors will be reduced by two hours, the Ministry of Labour has announced.
The official working hours have been to reduced six hours a day or 36 hours a week instead of the normal eight hours a day or 48 hours a week, a Ministry statement said.
The announcement comes in line with article 65 of the Labour Law, which stipulates the working hours and conditions.
The reduced timings will be applicable for all workers irrespective of their religion or whether a person is fasting or not. It is also applicable for those who are working indoors as well as outdoors.

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According to a ministry statement, the employees can chose to work overtime for a maximum of two hours and the employers cannot force workers to work more than two hours extra.
In case if an employee chooses to work overtime he has to be paid 25 per cent of his basic salary per day for day time and 50 per cent for night time duty.