Luke Tapp and Ruth Stephen tell HRNews about the UAE’s new labour laws and the risks of non-compliance
Six weeks ago, a raft of new labour laws came into force in the UAE – the first substantial update of the region’s labour laws in the last 40 years. Gulf News reports it as a qualitative leap in the region’s efforts to develop and sustain the labour market. So how are the new laws impacting businesses? We ‘ll ask two of the region’s lawyers.
Luke Tapp and Ruth Stephen have been writing about this for Outlaw, commenting on the new implementing regulations that supplement the new labour laws. They explain how the regulations will shape the terms of employment contracts as well as employers’ policies and procedures. So, for example, they require companies with 50 employees or more to put in place internal policies which govern holidays, bonuses, appraisals, and salary reviews, working hours, health and safety, grievance, and disciplinary procedures.
So, these are substantial changes, clearly, but are employers in the region ready for them? What should employers be doing to ensure compliance? To find out, I joined Luke and Ruth on a call from Dubai to get an overview of the changes and how their private sector clients are dealing with them. I started by asking Luke what these new laws are designed to achieve?
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