The workers ‘ rights report aims to implement a set of policies and programs adopted and applied by the government of the UAE during the years 2016-2017 and their critical impact on the labor market, through the insistence of the Ministry of human resources and Emiratization and its constant pursuit of enhancing transparency and balance in the contractual work relationship in line with its vision to empower the National Human Resources market and attract talent from different cultures of the world.
One of the most prominent legislative steps that have been implemented in the UAE labor market is the issuance of federal law No. 10 of 2017 on assisted labor, as well as a set of decisions related to approve contract forms, granting new permits for workers to move to a new job, termination cases and other cases.
The Ministry of human resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE) is working hard to promote solid cooperation with labor-sending countries, which ensures the best performance of workers and contributes to the application of best practices during all stages of the temporary contractual work cycle. s This is clearly demonstrated by one of the most important forms of organizing joint cooperation between sending and receiving countries through what is known as the ” Abu Dhabi Dialogue”.
http://abudhabidialogue.org.ae/ar
The UAE has also concluded many international agreements and treaties in favor of developing the field of foreign labor in the UAE as one of the Arab countries that attract foreign labor, which has made the UAE the third largest source of remittances to countries of the world by its foreign workers, which has contributed to the development of the economy of their homelands and undoubtedly benefits the families of workers.
Among these agreements, but not limited to:
Convention No. 1 of 1919 concerning the limitation of working hours in industrial establishments to eight hours per day and forty – eight hours per week.
Convention No. 89 of 1948 concerning women and night work
Convention No. 100 of 1951 concerning equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value and effort
Convention No. 182 of 1999 concerning child labor and its worst forms.
* One of the most prominent state legislatures to educate their workers and make them aware of their rights and duty is the “Know Your Rights” Campaign, which consists in distributing guidebooks in several languages including Arabic, English, Hindi, Urdu and Malayalam.
As well as clarifying several legal guidelines in order to educate workers before and after their arrival in the UAE .These guidelines focus in particular on the new package of decisions that entered into force in 2016, which obliges the employer to provide the foreign worker – in a binding manner – a detailed job offer explaining all the rights and duties related to the parties, the work plan, its claims and conditions provided that it is written in the language that the foreign worker understands before officially contracting with the employer .
* The state’s efforts also include the design of some educational advertisements on digital screens.
* The state also translates various legislations, laws, ministerial decisions and regulations governing the work into various languages covering all segments of society.
* Rationing the conditions of termination of work through the employer granting the worker a new work permit to move to another job without prejudice to the rights of the parties; which will enhance the flexibility of moving from one job to another and ensure the continuity of production in the UAE labor market.
* The state is also keen to educate and sensitize the employer on how to report work injuries in order to ensure the safety of the worker and ensure the continuity of his work. We learn about them as follows:
The employer must also notify the Ministry of labor of the following data about the worker or employee:
The Ministry of human resources and Emiratization (MOHRE) has provided several channels for reporting complaints and in recent years has organized several courses and rehabilitation programs to qualify 63 legal researchers who speak several languages to consider disputes submitted to the ministry. In addition, 100 employees were trained to resolve disputes and arbitrate between the parties fairly and fairly quickly and satisfactorily without referring cases to the Labor Court.
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The government of the UAE has raised any costs related to litigation, whether it is the registration of complaints or procedures to solve the problem within the ministry or through the judiciary, which hears cases referred to it by the ministry because they could not be resolved amicably between the two parties.
It is worth noting here that after the launch of the initiative to appoint a judge to deal with labor cases at the ministry’s offices in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, the average number of cases submitted to the courts to resolve labor disputes fell from 27 days to only five days.
With the start of the new year, the system began to work on Friday in the UAE, in light of the unification of the date of the Friday prayer sermon to start at one hour and a quarter of noon throughout the year, and in all Emirates – except the emirate of Sharjah – the dates of Friday prayer and Sermon have not changed
The federal authority for government human resources in the UAE (FAHR) also issued granting employees the opportunity to work remotely on Friday, but with the following conditions:
Must first determine which jobs can be done remotely.
The employee must meet the conditions and controls of remote work mentioned in the work system.
Give priority to remote work to the employee whose place of work is away from the location of his residence; taking into account any other humanitarian circumstances that the employee or worker may face in this regard.
The need to have sufficient currency density within the authority to ensure the continuity of work efficiency; so that the percentage of employees at the workplace should not be less than 70% of the total employees.
Opening hours on Fridays are from 7: 30 AM to 12 pm so that the working hours are 4 and a half hours continuous.
Official working hours start from Monday to Thursday from 7:30 AM to 3: 30 pm so that the working hours become 8 continuous hours; except for the emirate of Sharjah; so that the working hours become 4 Assam work and 3 days off inclusive on Friday.
Laws and regulations governing the rights and duties of on domestic helpers in the UAE:
The regulations and obligations between the employer and the domestic helpers are determined according to the Federal Law No. 10 of 2017 issued by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE:
The laws and regulations governing the rights and duties domestic helpers’ service are the responsibility of the Ministry of human resources and Emiratisation rather than the Ministry of Interior.
The new law codifies and regulates four main key areas:
Rights and privileges
Terms and conditions of employment contracts
Employment recruitment offices “Tadbeer””
Prohibitions
The Prohibitions defined by the Domestic helpers ‘Act prevent the following:
There are some cases which this law does not apply:
You can see te text of federal law No. 10 of 2017 regulating the rights and duties of auxiliary workers through the following link:
