Ahmed Elnaggar
Is it legal to “Read” during working hours?!
In 2016, the United Arab Emirates issued the Federal Decree Law number 18 of 2016 Regarding Reading (the “Reading Law”), an unusual law in...
06 Mar, 2026
Ahmed Elnaggar
Indira Turdiyeva
ADGM Temporary Work Permits
In today’s business landscape, people are the asset. If you have the right ones, you win, and if you have the wrong ones, you lose. And if the right ones ...
11 Feb, 2025
Aeeda Al Alibrahim
Rehab (Demerdash) Hussein
Motherhood and the Remote Work Legislations
The woman makes up half of the society, in fact she is half of the world and the raiser of the other half. With this prominent role in family and society alike,...
04 Jul, 2024
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
Ahmed Elnaggar
Bhavika Hotwani
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
