United Arab Emirates

New and updated

• United Arab Emirates: Employee rights

  Type:

  International

  Updated to reflect a relaxation in coronavirus-related measures affecting employers in Dubai and requirements concerning health insurance provision for employers in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

• United Arab Emirates: Pay and benefits

  Type:

  International

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

• United Arab Emirates: Termination of employment

  Type:

  International

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

• United Arab Emirates: Equal opportunities

  Type:

  International

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

• United Arab Emirates: Recruitment and selection

  Type:

  International

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

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

  Type:

  International

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

• United Arab Emirates: Contracts of employment

  Type:

  International

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

• United Arab Emirates: Industrial relations

  Type:

  International

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

• United Arab Emirates: Health and safety

  Type:

  International

  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.

• United Arab Emirates: Useful resources - legal service providers

  Type:

  International

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