Dubai: The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has issued a comprehensive awareness guide detailing the legal framework that governs the relationship between employees and employers in the private sector to ensure fairness, transparency, and balance between productivity and workers’ rights, Albayan newspaper reported.
According to the guide, the maximum working hours in the UAE are set at eight per day and no more than 48 per week, with limited exceptions allowing for extended hours in specific sectors under defined legal limits. Overtime, the ministry emphasized, must not exceed two hours per day, and total working hours should not surpass 144 over any three-week period.
Employees are entitled to additional compensation for overtime, calculated at no less than 25 percent above the basic hourly wage for daytime work and 50 percent for nighttime hours between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m.
The regulation excludes shift-based employees. Workers who are required to work on their weekly day off must either receive a substitute day of rest or a 50 percent increase in basic pay for that day.
On wages, the guide highlights the requirement for all salaries to be paid within 15 days of the due date through the Wage Protection System (WPS), designed to enhance accountability and ensure that all payments are properly documented.
The ministry reiterated that employers are solely responsible for all WPS-related fees and that workers must not bear any direct or indirect costs...
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