UAE: Ministerial Decision No. (1/49) of 1980 Specifying Situations of Continuous Work and the Ways to Grant Workers Rest Periods
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UAE: Ministerial Decision No. (1/49) of 1980 Specifying Situations of Continuous Work and the Ways to Grant Workers Rest Periods
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Date of adoption
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1980 |
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Entry into force
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In effect |
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Arabic
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| Art. 1 lists the situations and types of jobs in which work may continue without rest periods. These include (but are not limited to): Businesses in which work is non-stop and workers are divided into three shifts a day or two shifts for working women and workers who agree to that in writing; Working in public facilities units such as water, electricity, sewage, cleaning and security; Administering generators of kinetic forces; Working in offices in which employees and workers work for no more than seven hours per day; Transportation; Shipping…etc.
Employers in the aforementioned businesses and industries shall authorize workers to pray, eat light snacks, drink and rest in a manner regulated by the establishment during working hours (Art. 2). |
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Tags: Laws & Regulations, National & Foreign Labour, United Arab Emirates, Work Conditions