Category: Labour Law

  • DIFC Enacts New Employment Law

    DIFC Enacts New Employment Law

    The new DIFC Employment Law, Law No. 2 of 2019, which was enacted on 30th May 2019 and will come into force on 28 August 2019, revised its provisions regarding inter alia sick pay, end-of-service gratuity, and settlements in a manner that protects and balances the interests of both employers and employees. Furthermore, it introduces…

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  • Post Termination Restrictions of a Departing Employee

    Post Termination Restrictions of a Departing Employee

    An important means for Employers to protect their business, confidential information and secrets from departing employees is the arrangement of so-called post termination restriction clauses. Article 127 of the Labour Code of the UAE provides that an employer may agree on a post-contractual non-competition clause with an employee who, due to their employment with the…

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  • Ministry of Labour Provides Official Template of Offer Letter

    Ministry of Labour Provides Official Template of Offer Letter

    Background Following the three ministerial decrees of January 2016, all employees across the UAE will be presented with a standard Job Offer that contains clear and binding terms of employment, prior to the worker’s entry in the UAE, or prior to the change of status in case the worker is already in the country. If an employee is…

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  • UAE Labour Law 2016

    UAE Labour Law 2016

    New UAE Labor Regulations: Higher Labor Standards On September 27, 2015, the Ministry of Labour introduced three decrees, which come into effect at the start of 2016, to ensure more transparency and clarity of the Labor Contracts and termination related issues, greater protection for employees and to provide for a more balanced and flexible work environment. The…

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  • Key Distinctions between DIFC Employment Law and UAE Labour Law

    Key Distinctions between DIFC Employment Law and UAE Labour Law

    Probation, Notice Period & Termination: Under UAE Labour Law, the employee and employer can agree on a probation for a period not exceeding six (6) months, during which the employer may terminate the employment without notice or end of service benefits. Furthermore, and upon successfully completing the probation period, the required notice period to be…

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  • Gratuity Calculation in the UAE

    Gratuity Calculation in the UAE At the termination of employment contract an employee in the UAE is entitled to a set of various things. One of them is the end of service gratuity which is calculated on employee’s duration of the employment. In terms of compensation, the term end of service gratuity mean that an…

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  • UAE Labour Law Reform 2016

    Labour Law of UAE – Reforms for 2016 Expatriates and business owners have warmly appreciated the recent reforms to the Labour Law of UAE. Minister of Labour Saqr Ghobash in his press conference to the journalists told that these labour reforms aim to tighten oversight of employment agreements for temporary migrant workers. These reforms will…

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