The Cabinet, headed by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, approved granting paid leave for some exceptional cases from employees in the federal government, within the package of precautionary decisions and measures taken by the UAE government to prevent corona virus The Newbie (Covid-19).
The decision provides that a married employee, or a married employee, may be granted, in the Federal Government, exceptional leave, with a gross salary, to care for children who are not more than 16 years old. The age requirement excludes children of determination, in the event that the other spouse of the employee is placed in a domestic or health quarantine, and this required that his family not come into contact with a decision from the Ministry of Health and Community Protection, or the local health authority.
The decision also includes employees whose husbands or wives work in one of the vital health jobs, such as doctors, nurses, paramedics or others, whose tasks require direct contact with patients infected with the emerging coronavirus, or working in centers designated for quarantine operations, throughout the emergency period that they witness Country.
According to the decision, the Ministry or the Federal Entity may, in the most important technical positions, decide to continue to work remotely for the employee, instead of on leave.
Exceptional cases
Putting the husband or wife in the home or health quarantine and not mixing with his family.
- If the husband or wife is in a job that requires direct contact with patients with Corona virus.
- If the husband or wife is a worker in the centers designated for quarantine operations.