Employment and Labor law

Ahmed Elnaggar

The UAE Remote Work Visa

The United Arab Emirates is changing the world forever with something called Remote Work Visa Just like the year 2020 has changed consumer behaviors worldwide ...
12 Oct, 2022
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Ahmed Elnaggar

What will happen to your employment contract post-February 2023?

We regularly receive inquiries and questions from employees in the UAE complaining about having conflicts with their HR departments or their employers who are t...
28 Jul, 2022
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Patricia Antoci

Termination of limited-term employment contracts

Questions relating to employment have always been one of the most discussed topics. Even before the pandemic, queries about the employees' rights, notice period...
23 Feb, 2021
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Camilla Forest

All you need to know about part-time employment in UAE

Although the full-time workday is still the most common in several companies, other modalities have gained evidence and become more and more frequent in the mar...
27 Aug, 2020
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Dr. Laura Voda

Everything you need to know about the End of Service Gratuity in UAE

The End of Service Gratuity (‘EOS’) is a benefit granted by the UAE Federal Law no. 8 of 1980, as amended (‘Employment Law’) to the expa...
10 Aug, 2020
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Camilla Forest

Everything you need to know about maternity leave in UAE

Working mothers need to get a break from professional activities to welcome a new child in the family. The period of maternity leave is guaranteed by the UAE La...
19 Jul, 2020
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Dr. Laura Voda

Things to know about the “Early Leave” initiative in UAE

1. What is the “Early Leave” Initiative? In furtherance to Ministerial Resolution 279 of 2020 and as part of the UAE Government efforts to contain ...
23 May, 2020
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Ahmed Elnaggar

All you need to know about the unpaid leave

What is the law that allows an employer to apply unpaid leave? Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation has issued Ministerial Decree no. 279 of the year ...
17 May, 2020
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Mohamed Abdelrehiem

UPDATE: How UAE Employers Can Support their Business during COVID-19 Outbreak

On 26 March 2020, and in view of the declared nationwide state of emergency due to COVID-19, the UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (“MOHRE...
01 Apr, 2020
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Mohamed Abdelrehiem

How UAE Employers Can Support their Business during the Coronavirus Outbreak

The novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) has been declared pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020 and with person-to-person transmission,...
29 Mar, 2020
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Ahmed Elnaggar

What to do if your employer seizes your passport?

Over the years we have handled countless cases involving employee and employer labor disputes. More recently, we have seen an uptick in the amount of claims rai...
10 Nov, 2019
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