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UAE announces three-day holiday for National Day: December 2–4

UAE authorities have announced the holiday days for the 55th National Day (Eid Al Etihad): the public sector will be off from December 2 to 4, with employees returning to work on December 7, giving many a five-day break. The holiday dates were announced by the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources and the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation.

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Public-sector salaries in 2027: 6.8% indexation from January and 4% from October

The head of the State Duma Committee on Labour, Eleanor Kavshar, spoke about plans to index salaries twice in 2027: from January 1 — by 6.8% for certain categories of employees at federal institutions, and from October — by 4% for civil servants, prosecutors, investigators and judges. At the same time, the pay system in federal state bodies is changing, and the minimum wage is planned to be raised to 28,935 rubles.

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Sweden blocks ChatGPT and Claude on government employees' work computers

The Swedish government has banned the browser versions of ChatGPT and Claude on work computers after an audit that revealed 'problematic' use of AI at the Swedish Transport Administration. The reason is the risk of confidential data ending up in model training without data protection agreements. Copilot, which has passed a security review, is recommended as an alternative.

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