United Arab Emirates

New and updated

• Type:

  International

  United Arab Emirates: Employee rights

  Updated to include information on a new entitlement to "paternal leave", effective 25 September 2020.

• Type:

  International

  United Arab Emirates: Useful information - key future employment law developments

  A brief summary of significant developments that will impact on employment law in the United Arab Emirates.

• Type:

  International

  United Arab Emirates: Pay and benefits

  Updated to reflect the introduction of the Employee Workplace Savings Scheme ("DEWS") in the DIFC.

• Type:

  International

  United Arab Emirates: Termination of employment

  Updated to include information about the Employee Workplace Savings Scheme ("DEWS"), introduced in the DIFC.

• Type:

  International

  United Arab Emirates: Equal opportunities

  Updated to reflect that, in the ADGM, colour is a prohibited ground for discrimination, from 1 January 2020.

• Type:

  International

  United Arab Emirates: Recruitment and selection

  Updated to reflect that, in the ADGM, colour is a prohibited ground for discrimination, from 1 January 2020.

• Type:

  International

  United Arab Emirates: Contracts of employment

  Updated to reflect changes to DIFC employment law concerning probationary periods and written contracts, effective from 28 August 2019.

• Type:

  International

  United Arab Emirates: Industrial relations

  Updated to reflect changes to the statutory procedure for the resolution of collective labour disputes.

• Type:

  International

  United Arab Emirates: Health and safety

  Updated to include information on employers' health and safety duties, the requirement to appoint health and safety representatives and health and safety enforcement, in the Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) free zone.

• Type:

  International

  United Arab Emirates: Useful resources - legal service providers

  Information on legal service providers for United Arab Emirates employment law.