Equal wages for women with men in the private sector from today

Manal Bint Mohammed: Gender balance is a national priority for the UAE government

• The decree will have significant positive social and economic repercussions for women.

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• The UAE is one of the best countries in the world in terms of empowering women.

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The decree amending some provisions of the federal law regarding the regulation of labor relations, issued by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, and which provides for equal wages for women with men in the private sector, will come into effect as of today.

The wife of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, Her Highness Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chair of the Emirates Council for Gender Balance and President of the Dubai Women Foundation, said that the amendment of some provisions of the federal law regarding the regulation of labor relations Emphasizes that the gender balance in all sectors of the state is a constant approach in the leadership's vision, and a national priority for the UAE government, based on the keenness to establish the principle of equal opportunities for all.

Her Highness added that the legislation will contribute to raising the rate of women's participation in the labor market in the private sector and enhancing its attractiveness to them, in line with the high percentage of their presence in the government sector, which currently reaches about 66% of the total employment cadre.

Her Highness Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum praised the unlimited support and great care provided by Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, President of the General Women's Union, Chair of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairperson of the Family Development Foundation, for women and encouraging them to join all jobs and bring them to the world.

Her Highness affirmed that the decree, which comes into effect from today, will have significant positive social and economic repercussions for women and the family in general, praising the leadership's support for women with pioneering legislation and initiatives that enhance the competitiveness of the UAE globally in the field of gender balance, and giving them a full opportunity to invest their energies and capabilities to participate. In the development process of the state and its launch to broader horizons, especially since the past period witnessed the issuance of a number of legislations and policies that contributed to the country's advancement of competitiveness indicators and international reports.

Her Highness indicated that the UAE was ranked first in the Arab world and 26 in the world in the Gender Equality Report for the year 2019, issued by the United Nations Development Program, in which 23 global centers were advanced within four years of the establishment of the Emirates Council for Gender Balance, as well as achieving the first rank in the Arab world in the dam. The gender gap and gender equality in the Global Gender Gap Report 2020, issued by the World Economic Forum, and its progress by the countries of the world in the index of female representation in parliament, as part of the 2020 edition of the Global Competitiveness Yearbook Report, issued by the Global Competitiveness Center of the International Institute For administrative development in the Swiss city of Lausanne, in addition to the Women and Business Report and Law 2020 issued by the World Bank, praising the economic role of women, stressing that the UAE is one of the best countries in the world in the improvements documented by the World Bank in the field of women's economic empowerment according to the indicators of this report, Which is considered one of the most important global references concerned with monitoring the efforts of governments around the world in the process of developing laws and legislation aimed at protecting and empowering

Yen women economically.

Her Highness Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum affirmed that these continuing global successes in the field of gender balance in various sectors and at all levels reflect the priority of this file within the national agenda that translates the vision and directions of our leadership to strengthen the social, economic and political role of women, and confirm that we are walking On the right path towards achieving the national goal, for the UAE to be among the best countries in this field.

The first article of the decree-law stipulates that the text of Article 32 of Federal Law No. (8) of 1980, regarding the regulation of labor relations, shall be replaced by the following text: “A woman shall be granted a wage similar to that of a man if she performs the same work, or another of equal value, The procedures, controls and standards necessary to evaluate work of equal value - based on a proposal from the Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation - shall be issued by a decision of the Council of Ministers.

The amended article supports the goal of promoting gender equality in wages and salaries in the private sector, because Federal Law No. (8) of 1980 is the law that regulates various aspects of labor relations between employers and employees in the private sector in all emirates of the country, and this amendment will add more It increases the attractiveness of working in the private sector, and enhances the participation of women in it, especially with the expansion of its size and its large share of the total work force in the state.

The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation had begun its procedures to activate equal wages between men and women, in the case of doing the same work or work of equal value, in implementation of the provisions of the decree issued on August 25.

The UAE is at the forefront of the Arab countries and the countries of the region in bridging the gender gap, gender equality, and the equal wage index, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2020, issued by the World Economic Forum.

The new government procedures and controls related to evaluating work of equal value in private sector establishments will work to set an equivalent value or equal wage for work of similar value, without taking any gender differences into account, with market prices being the basis. In assessing salaries.

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