Saudi Arabia announces Eid holiday rules, sets minimum 4-day break
Saudi Arabia has issued rules for minimum and maximum durations of official Eid holidays in the Kingdom.
The announcement was made following a Cabinet session chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.
The Cabinet decision said government institutions should observe a minimum four working day holiday for both Eid Al Fitr and Eid Al Adha in the Kingdom.
Saudi Arabia Eid holiday rules
It was also decided that there should be a maximum of five working days of holiday in the Kingdom for both occasions.
A statement summarising the Cabinet meeting by the state-run SPA press agency explained a decision had been made: “Instructing government institutions that comply with the labour bylaw according to their regulations and independent and accredited administrative regulations (commissions, institutions, centres, programs and the like) to amend their administrative regulations in a way that permits observing the official holidays of Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha for a minimum of four working days and a maximum of five working days”.
