Ramadan and GCC Payroll — Adjusted Hours, Reduced Pay, and Cycle Timing

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During Ramadan, GCC labour laws reduce statutory working hours across the region — typically by two hours per day — without any reduction in pay. The most common payroll errors are pro-rating salary against the shorter hours, miscalculating overtime on the reduced baseline, and failing to shift the cut-off calendar to accommodate Eid holidays that move by roughly eleven days each year on the Gregorian calendar.

Ramadan reduces GCC working hours and affects payroll cycle timing across all eight countries. What changes, what does not, and how to manage it.

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