Published: Sun 9 Jan 2022, 10:30 AM
Last updated: Sun 9 Jan 2022, 10:34 AM
Question: Can you explain the new labour law that is set to go into effect from next month? How does it unify public and private sector work systems? What is this new three-year labour contract?
Answer: On September 20, 2021, the UAE government issued Federal Decree-Law No. 47 of 2021 on the Standard General Rules of Work in the UAE (the 'New UAE Standard Rules of Work Law'), wherein employees both in government and private sectors will have similar working environment and facilities. These include equality, non-discrimination, models of work, similar hours of work, leave and payment of end of service benefits. The said law is effective from February 2, 2022.
It should be noted that the objective of unified working systems in the UAE is to promote an effective, attractive, and sustainable employment market and to identify the rights of all the employees and workers in the UAE in a balanced manner. This is in accordance with Article 2 of the New UAE Standard Rules of Work Law, which states, 'The objective of this Decree-Law is to:
1. Elaborate and unify the general rules of work for all employees and workers in the UAE.
2. Promote an effective, attractive and sustainable employment market by ensuring protection for parties to the work relationship and its developments.
3. Identify the rights of all Employees and Workers in the UAE in a balanced way.
4. Create balance and complementarity between...
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