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United Arab Emirates - National Legal Framework
Labour Migration
- UAE: Federal Law No. 8 of 1980 Issuing the Labour Law
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 52 of 1989 Setting the Rules and Procedures for Work Permits Departments Dealing with Recruitment of Non-nationals
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 951 of 2003 Regarding Investors
- UAE: Administrative Circular No. 77 of 2005
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 370 of 2005
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 92 of 2006
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 764 of 2006 Regarding Replacement Applications
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 468 of 2007
- UAE: Council of Ministers Decision No. 25 of 2010 Regarding Internal Work Permits Issued by the Ministry of Labour
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 1186 of 2010 Regarding the Conditions and Regulations for Granting a New Work Permit to Workers who are Transferring to a New Establishment
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 1188 of 2010
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 788 of 2009 Regarding the Protection of Wages
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 444 of 2006 Regarding the Rules and Procedures for Fine Exemption
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 812 of 2006
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 604 of 2007 Regarding the Addition of a Case to the Rules and Procedures for Exemption From Fines
- UAE: Council of Ministers Decision No. 26 of 2010 Regarding the Rating System of Establishments Subject to the Law Regulating Work Relationships and the Bank Guarantees Imposed Upon Them
- UAE: Council of Ministers Decision No. 27 of 2010 Regarding Fees and Fines for Services Offered by the Ministry of Labour
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 500 of 2005
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 707 of 2006 Regarding the Rules and Procedures for the Work of Non-nationals in the Country
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 721 of 2006 Regarding the Procedures for Reporting Absconding Workers
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 724 of 2006 Regarding the Administrative Cancellation of Sponsorship
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 307 of 2003 Regarding Collective Labour Disputes
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. (1/27) of 1981 Determining Zones and Areas Located Far from Inhabited Areas Referred to in the Law Regulation Work Relations No. 8 of 1980
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. (1/4) Specifying Dangerous Types of Work or Work for which Working Hours May Be Reduced
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. (2/37) of 1982 Regarding the Level of Medical Care an Employer Shall Provide to Workers
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 32 of 1982 Specifying the Precautionary Methods and Measures for Protecting Workers from Work Hazards
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. (1/49) of 1980 Specifying Situations of Continuous Work and the Ways to Grant Workers Rest Periods
- UAE: Council of Ministers Decision No. 4 of 2007 Allowing GCC Citizens to Engage in Economic Activities and Practice Certain Professions in the Country
- UAE: Cabinet Decision No. 13 of 2009 Approving the General Standards Manual for Group Labor Accommodation and Related Services
- UAE: Council of Ministers Decision No. 7/7 of 2003
- UAE:Council of Ministers Decision No. 3/455 of 2004
- UAE:Ministerial Decision No. 140 of 1999
- UAE:Ministerial Decision No. 167 of 2004 Amending Ministerial Decision No. 161 of 2003 Regarding the Non-Recruitment of New Foreign Labour Without a High School Diploma
- UAE:Ministerial Decision No. 854 of 2005 Regarding the Issuance of Work Permits, Transfer of Sponsorship, and Renewal of Labour Cards of Workers in the Private Sector Who’ve Turned Sixty
- UAE:Ministerial Decision No. 87 of 2006
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 92 of 2006
- UAE:Ministerial Decision No. 95 of 2006
- UAE:Ministerial Decision No. 286 of 2006 Regarding the Balance of Nationalisation Quotas for Private Sector Establishments
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 141 of 1999 Regarding the Non-renewal of Work Permits for Workers in the Private Sector Above Sixty Years Old
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 826 of 2005 Regarding the Executive Regulations for the Transfer of Sponsorship
- UAE: Cabinet Decision No. 18 of 2005 Concerning Transfer of Sponsorship, Secondment of Sponsored and Fees Prescribed Therefore
- UAE: Council of Ministers Resolution No. 19 of 2005 Amending Fee, Penalty and Bank Guarantee Regulations Enforced by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
- UAE: Ministerial Decree No. 764 of 2015 on Ministry of Labour-approved Standard Employment Contracts
- UAE: Ministry of Labour Decree No. 765 of 2015 on Rules and Conditions for the Termination of Employment Relations
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 156 of 2003 Concerning Remuneration Protection
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 326 of 2006
- UAE: Ministerial Resolution No. 401 of 1997 on Regulating Temporary and Part Time Work in the UAE Private Sector
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 119 of 2007 Regulating Temporary and Part Time Work in the UAE Private Sector
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 1186 of 2010 Regarding the Rules and Conditions for Granting a New Work Permit to Workers at the end of Employment for the Purpose of Transferring to Another Establishment
- UAE: Federal Law No. 15 of 2017 On Domestic Workers
- UAE: Ministerial Decree No. 766 of 2015 on Rules and Conditions for Granting a Permit to a Worker for Employment by a New Employer
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 739 Regarding the Protection of Wages
- UAE: Decision 212 of 2018 Regulating the Work of Nationals in the Private Sector
- UAE: Ministerial Decree No. 401 of 2015 Regarding the Determination of Midday Working Hours
- UAE: Ministerial Resolution No. (591) of 2016 Concerning the Commitment of Establishments to Provide Accommodation to their Workers
- UAE: Ministerial Decision No. 31 of 2018 Regarding the Introduction of the Part-Time Work Contract System
- UAE: Ministerial Decree No. 729 of 2017 on the Controls, Standards, and Classification of Establishments and Their Employees
- UAE: Ministerial Decree No. 711 of 2016 Concerning Occupational Health and Safety Officers in the Construction and Industrial Sectors
- UAE: MoHRE Reorganises ‘Tawteen Partners Club’ membership requirements
- UAE: MoHRE Monitoring Mechanism of Emiratisation Rates in the Private Sector
- UAE; Constitution Of Grievance Committee by MoHRE
- UAE; Amendment of Ministerial Resolution (47 0f 2022) Related to Labor Dispute
- UAE; The Procedures Manual Of Grievance Committee Against Decisions Of The MoHRE
- UAE; Formation of Collective Labour Dispute Committee by MoHRE
- UAE; Administrative Resolution (25 0f 2022) Related to Labor Disputes and Complaints
- UAE; Concerning Labor Inspection Procedures Manual
- UAE; Licensing and Regulating the Work of Domestic Workers Recruitment Offices
- UAE; The Settlement of Labor Disputes and Complaints Procedures
- UAE; The Organisation of Labor Inspection Procedures
- UAE; Licensing and Regulating the Work of Domestic Workers
- UAE; Ministerial Resolution Concerning Unemployment Insurance Scheme
- UAE; Procedures and Controls for Implementing Unemployment Insurance Scheme
- UAE; Implementing Ministerial Resolution No. 46 of 2022 on Work Permit
- UAE; Regulation of Issuing E-Quotas of Work Permits for Establishments
- UAE; Ministerial Resolution on the Wage Protection System
- UAE; Amending Ministerial Resolution No. 1188 of 2010
- UAE; Regarding Work Permits, Job Offers and Employment Contracts’ Forms
- UAE; Amendment of Some Provisions of Cabinet Resolution No.( 21) of 2020
- UAE; Bank Guarantee and Employees Protection Insurance Scheme
- UAE; Amending Resolution 51 of 2022 Related to Licensing
- UAE; MoHRE – Service Fees and Administrative Fines
- UAE; Licensing and Regulating the Activities of Recruitment Agencies
- UAE; Manual for Licensing and Regulating Work Employment Agencies
- UAE; Administrative Suspension of an Establishment’s File
- UAE; Incentives for SME members of youth entrepreneurship support institutions
- UAE; Implementation of Incentives for SME members of youth entrepreneurship
- UAE; Classification Of Private Sector Establishments
- UAE; Classification Of Establishments Under Category (3)
- UAE; Concerning Criteria For Identifying High-Risk Facilities
- UAE; Penalties and Violations Relating to the Emirati Cadres Competitiveness
- UAE; Rules and Regulations Governing the Suspension of Employer’s Establishments
- UAE; Concerning the Classification of Establishments
- UAE; Concerning Work Injuries & Occupational Diseases
- UAE; Occupational Health and Safety and Labor Accommodation.
- UAE; Rules and Guidelines to Deal with Work Injuries & Occupational Diseases
- UAE; Occupational Health and Safety and Labor Accommodation
- UAE; Accommodations Housing Less Than 500 Laborers
- UAE; Repealing Several Ministerial Resolutions of 2020
- UAE; Operational Manual for Regulating Domestic Workers Recruitment Agencies
- UAE; Establishing Criteria for Imposing Administrative Fines
- UAE; Violations & Administrative Penalties Related to the Initiatives and Programs
- UAE; Introduction of Employment Contracts for National Students