United Arab Emirates Labour Law Employment Of Workers
Children And Women Employment
Employment of Workers
United Arab Emirates Labour Law
Article 9
Work is an inherent right of the Nationals of the United
Arab Emirates. Nonnationals may not engage in any work within the State except
in accordance with the conditions stipulated in this Law and its executive
orders.
Article 10
Where National workers are not available, preference in
employment shall be given to:
- Workers of other Arab nationalities.
- Workers of other nationalities.
Article 11
Where shall be established within the Labour Department a
section for the employment of Nationals, which shall assume the following
functions:
- Procuring employment opportunities suitable for
nationals.
- Assisting employers by supplying their demand of
National workers when needed.
- Registering Nationals who are unemployed or
seeking better employment in a special register. Such registration shall be
made at the applicant's own request. Each registered jobseeker shall be issued,
free of charge, a certificate of registration on the day of application. A
registration certificate shall be assigned a serial number and shall contain
the applicant's name, age, and place of residence, occupation, qualification
and past experience.
Article 12
Employers may recruit any unemployed National and shall, in
such a case, notify the Labour Department in writing within 15 days from
recruitment date. Such notification shall specify the employee's name and age,
the date of employment, the specified wage, the type of work assigned to him,
and the number of his registration certificate.
Article 13
Non-Nationals may not be employed in the United Arab
Emirates without the prior approval of the Labour Department and before first
obtaining an employment permit in accordance with the procedures and
regulations laid down by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Such permit
shall not be granted unless the following conditions are fulfilled:
1.
That the worker possesses professional
competence or educational qualification the country is in need of.
2.
That the worker has lawfully entered the country
and satisfied the conditions prescribed in the residence regulations in force.
Article 14
The Labour Department may not give its approval to the
employment of nonNationals until it is satisfied that there are no unemployed
Nationals registered with the employment section who are capable of performing
the work required.
Article 15
The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs may cancel a work
permit granted to a nonNational in the following cases:
- 1 If the worker remains unemployed for more than
three consecutive months.
- If the worker no longer meets one or more of the
conditions on the basis of which the permit was granted.
- If it is satisfied that a particular National is
qualified to replace the nonNational worker, in which case the latter shall
remain in his job until the expiry date of his employment contract or of his
employment permit, whichever is earlier.
Article 16
There shall be established within the Ministry of Labour and
Social Affairs a special section for the employment of non-Nationals, whose
functions shall be specified in a ministerial resolution.
Article 17
It shall not be permissible for any natural or legal person
to serve as agent for recruitment or supply of non-National workers unless he
is duly licensed to do so. Such a license may only be issued to Nationals and
in cases where its issue is considered necessary, and it shall be issued by
order of the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs. A license shall be valid
for a renewable period of one year, and the licensee shall be subject to the
Ministry's supervision and control. No such a license shall be granted if a
placement office affiliated to the Ministry or to an authority approved by the
Ministry is already operating in the area and is able to act as an intermediary
in the supply of labour.
Article 18
No licensed employment agent or labour supplier shall demand
or accept from any worker, whether before or after the latter’s admission to
employment, any commission or material reward in return for employment, or
charge him for any expenses thereby incurred, except as may be prescribed or
approved by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Persons supplied by an
employment agent or labour supplier shall, immediately upon assuming
employment, be regarded as employees of that employer and shall have all the
rights of the employees of the firm in which they are employed. They shall
relate directly with their employer, without any involvement on the part of the
employment agent, whose function and relationships with them shall cease as
soon as they are supplied to and employed by the employer.
Article 19
The Minister of Labour and Social Affairs shall prescribe,
by virtue of ministerial resolutions, the rules, procedures and forms to be
adhered to by private and public employment agencies, the manner of
coordination of the activities of these agencies, and the conditions for
licensing private employment agencies and labour suppliers. The Minister shall
also issue resolutions prescribing the occupational classification tables,
which shall serve as a basis for recruitment.
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