How many hours we should work according to rules

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We would like to inform you that the weekly work schedule is 48 hours per week, and the employer may oblige the workers to work two additional hours with the payment of additional wages for the number of additional work hours. As for work during the month of Ramadan, the number of working hours should be reduced by two hours.
If the employer does not reduce the number of working hours in the month of Ramadan, a complaint may be filed at the Ministry of Human Resources.
 Here is the text of the UAE Labor Law concerning your inquiry:
Article 65
The maximum normal working hours for adult workers shall be eight hours in the day, 48 hours in the week. They may be increased to nine hours a day in commercial establishments, hotels, cafeterias, security services and such other businesses as may be added by resolution of the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs. The daily working hours may be reduced by resolution of the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, in the case of arduous or health-hazardous work. Two during the month of Ramadan shall reduce the normal working hours. The periods spent by a worker in traveling between his home and place of work shall not be included in his working hours. 
Article 69
 The number of hours of actual overtime shall not exceed two a day, unless such work is essential for preventing a substantial loss or a serious accident, or eliminating or alleviating the impact of the latter.

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