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Flexible working hours, remote work policies cut

morning peak travel time by 30% across Dubai

• Monday, November 11, 2024 8:00 PM
• 5 minutes Reading

DUBAI, 11th November, 2024 (WAM) -- Following the approval of Dubai’s Traffic Flow Plan by H.H.
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime
Minister, Minister of Defence, and Chairman of The Executive Council, Dubai is implementing
measures to enhance traffic efficiency and ease mobility.

The plan aims to balance business productivity and quality of life by expanding the application of
flexible working hours and remote work policies across the emirate.

Both the public and private sectors are encouraged to adopt these practices to reduce traffic
congestion.
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and the Dubai Government Human Resources (DGHR)
Department announced the results of two surveys on remote working and flexible working hours.

The first survey covered 644 companies with over 320,000 employees, while the second surveyed
12,000 employees from the private sector.

Findings show that 32 percent of private companies currently implement remote work policies, with
a further 58 percent of companies expressing readiness to expand remote work.

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