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New UAE labour law
UAE announces new labour laws
UAE amends labour law and announces fines for employing minors, faking Emiratisation and false recruitment practices
UAE ministry to resolve disputes of under $13,620, labour disputes simplified
UAE’s Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation to settle smaller disputes
UAE raises awareness of labour laws as campaign highlights work and visit visa violations
UAE’s MoHRE campaign raises awareness of labour laws and visa violations
Flexible working environments, employee rights highlighted within new UAE labour law: officials
Judge Ali Hasan Alshateri, the Vice President of the Abu Dhabi Labour Court, explained how the new labour law guarantees the rights of both workers and employers in a balanced manner
Struggling between jobs? Unemployed UAE workers to get up to AED20,000 a month under new scheme
The scheme aims to provide financial security and ensure the availability of income for the workers during their unemployment, until alternative job opportunities are made available
UAE’s new labour law could lead to “high degree of flexibility in employment”: Abu Dhabi judge
The social dimension of the UAE labour law aims at ensuring the safety, protection, and health care of workers, through the employer’s commitment to provide health insurance coverage for workers in accordance with the legislation in force in the country
Reasons to be grateful
We are lucky to live and work in a nation that continues to look to the future
New UAE labour law enters into effect
The new law represents sweeping changes to how the private sector operates