DUBAI: Dubai Municipality has become the first government agency in the UAE to approve job titles for remote work, state news agency WAM has reported.
Remote work can now be done under normal circumstances, the department said, parallel to its other work setups such as its shifting system.
The move comes as the COVID-19 pandemic has made private, and even public, workplaces rethink ways to continue their operations despite the crisis.
Workplace innovation is not new to Dubai Municipality, as it pioneered flexible work systems for government departments in the UAE in 2007.
The pandemic has also made the municipality accelerate its smart transformation, to make the remote work system effective.
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Dubai government agency first to approve job titles for remote work
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- Remote work can now be done under normal circumstances, the department said
Saudi e-commerce via mada cards hits record $8.18bn in October
RIYADH: E-commerce spending in Saudi Arabia via mada cards surged to a record monthly high in October, exceeding SR30.7 billion ($8.18 billion).
The increase marked a 68 percent year-on-year rise, or about SR12.4 billion more than the SR18.3 billion recorded in October 2024, according to the statistical bulletin of the Saudi Central Bank, known as SAMA.
E-commerce sales in the third quarter of 2025 reached SR88.3 billion, up 15.2 percent from the previous quarter, an increase of around SR11.6 billion from SR76.6 billion in the second quarter.
On a month-on-month basis, e-commerce sales in October rose 6 percent, gaining roughly SR1.6 billion from September’s total of SR29.1 billion.
From January to October, mada data showed e-commerce sales climbed 47.3 percent, rising by about SR9.9 billion from the SR20.9 billion recorded in January.
The series tracks e-commerce transactions conducted via mada cards, including online purchases, in-app payments and e-wallet checkouts, while excluding transactions processed through credit card networks.
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