United Arab Emirates Labour Law Employment Contracts
Individual employment contracts, Apprenticeship and vocational training
contract
Individual Employment
Contracts –UAE Labour law
Article 35
Subject to the provisions of Article 2, an employment
contract shall be written in duplicate, with one copy to be delivered to the
worker and the other to the employer. In the absence of written contract,
adequate proof of its terms may be established by all admissible means of
evidence.
Article 36
An employment contract shall particularly specify the date
of its conclusion, the date on which work is to begin, the type and place of
the work, the duration of the contract, (if definite) and the amount of the
wage.
Article 37
A worker may be
employed on probation for a period not exceeding six months, during which the
employer without notice or severance pay may terminate his services. A worker
shall not be placed on probation more than once with the same employer. Where a
worker successfully completes the period of probation and continues in
employment, the said period shall be calculated as part of his period of
service.
Article 38
An employment
contract may be for a definite or indefinite term. A definite term contract
shall not exceed four years; however, it may be renewed by mutual agreement for
an equal or a shorter term(s). Where a contract is renewed, the renewal shall
be deemed as an extension of the original term and shall be added thereto when
calculating the worker's total period of service.
Article 39
An employment contract shall, from its inception, be
considered as an indefinite term contract if and only if it:
- Is not written.
- Is concluded for an unspecified period.
- Was originally written and concluded for a definite term but
both parties, without a written agreement between them, continued to perform it
after its expiry; or
- Was originally concluded for the execution of a specific
work that had no specific duration or that is recurrent by nature, but the
contract continued after completion of that specific work.
Article 40
Where the parties to the contract continue - after expiry of
its initial term or completion of the work agreed upon - to perform the
contract without explicit agreement, the original contract shall be deemed to
have been extended on the same conditions except for the term.
Article 41
Where an employer subcontracts any of the principal
operations or any part thereof to a third party, the latter shall be solely
liable for all entitlements of employees engaged in such subcontracted work in
accordance with the provisions of this Law.
Apprenticeship
& Vocational Training Contracts - UAE Labour law
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