Dubai's Four-Day Public Sector Workweek Has Increased Output Per Employee by 23 Percent and Driven Private Adoption

Eighteen months after the UAE introduced a 4.5-day workweek in its federal public sector — with Friday afternoons, Saturdays, and Sundays as official rest days — Dubai's municipal government has published productivity data showing output per employee has risen, absenteeism has fallen by 31 percent, and 340 private employers have voluntarily adopted equivalent arrangements to compete for talent.