Miscellaneous

Four-day Eid holiday for Saudi private sector

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has announced that there will be four-day Eid Al-Fitr holiday for the private and non-profit sectors in the Kingdom.
 
The ministry said that the holiday will start at the end of the working on Monday, Ramadan 29, corresponding to April 8, said a report in Saudi Gazette. 
 
“Employers must adhere to what has been stipulated in the second paragraph of Article 24 of the executive regulation of the Labor Law,” the ministry said in a statement.
 
Eid Al Fitr marks the end Ramadan, which began on March 11 this year.