{
  "id": 3954660,
  "title": "Flexible working hours for UAE government workers for return to school",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/flexible-working-hours-for-uae-government-workers-for-return-to-school-3954660",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-28T11:42:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
    "slug": "the-national-uae",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/uae/2026/08/28/flexible-working-hours-for-uae-government-workers-for-return-to-school/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Government employees across the UAE will be allowed to work flexible hours so they can take their children to and from schools and nurseries for the start of the new academic year next week. Staff whose children are at primary and secondary schools will have the option to start late and leave work early, provided the time out of work does not exceed three hours. The ruling – set out by the…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "Flexible working hours for UAE government workers for return to school",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/flexible-working-hours-for-uae-government-workers-for-return-to-school",
        "published": "2026-08-28T11:42:09.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}