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

 

 

Date of adoption

 

1980
 

Entry into force

 

In effect
 

Text versions

Arabic

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Abstract

 

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).