Emiratisation announces the unified general rules for work in the UAE
End-of-service benefit for the citizen according to the pension legislation, and for the resident 21 days during the first five years
During a media briefing to announce the details of the Unified General Rules of Labor Law in the UAE.
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Dr. Abdul-Rahman Al-Awar: “The decision on the weekends was issued after an extensive study to integrate the national economy into global economies.”
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The Law of "Unified General Rules for Work in the UAE" stated that the termination of the service of the employee or worker shall be by the end of the work contract unless it is renewed in accordance with any of the reasons specified by the Human Resources Law in the Federal Government and the Decree-Law on regulating labor relations in the private sector. End of service for the employee or the citizen worker in accordance with the legislation regulating pension and social security affairs in the state. As for the non-national employee who has completed a year and continues to serve in a full-time mode, he is entitled to a reward paid to him at the end of his service and calculated on the basic wage with a minimum of 21 days for each year in the years of service The first five.
In detail, the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation held a media briefing yesterday, to announce the details of the Federal Law Decree on the Unified General Rules for Work in the UAE, which was approved by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, as part of the largest legislative changes in the history of the country by updating more than 40 laws In line with the vision of the leadership and the aspirations of the society, and at the same time, it meets the aspirations of pivotal and diversified sectors, and enhances the status of the state, its competitiveness, and its position on the map of the future.
The Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation, Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Awar, said: “The provisions of the new law, which will enter into force on the second of next February, apply to job occupants who are subject to the provisions of the Human Resources Law in the federal government, as well as to workers in the private sector in the state who are subject to the provisions of the Federal Decree-Law regarding The regulation of labor relations, which was recently issued.
Al-Awar explained that the new law is based on four main axes on the Law of “Unified General Rules of Labor in the UAE”, which are first: Enhancing the efficiency, sustainability and flexibility of the labor market by ensuring the protection of the parties to the labor relationship, as the law permitted contracting according to four work patterns or any patterns Others are specified in the Human Resources Law for Workers in the Federal Government, and the Law on Regulating Labor Relations, which regulate the cases in which it is permissible to combine more than one type of work with more than one entity, and these patterns are full-time, part-time work, flexible work and temporary work.
He stated that the multiplicity of work patterns comes within the framework of investing the existing competencies in the UAE and achieving benefit for federal or private government employers, by directing employment operations to meet their needs and ensure business continuity in the required manner, as well as achieving benefit for the employee or worker by providing him with the opportunity to work that suits aspirations and achieves a balance between his own requirements and his professional aspirations.
The second axis is to create balance and integration in the work environment between the federal government and the private sectors, where the decree-law specified vacations, holidays and working hours in a way that would create balance and integration with regard to the attractiveness of the work environment between the two sectors, as it specified eight working hours per day or a maximum of 48 hours. To work weekly, and seven types of leave have been identified for full-time models, with the unification of vacation leaves by a decision of the Council of Ministers, in addition to the fact that the worker in other types of work is entitled to annual leaves calculated on the basis of the percentage of hours or days of work, and the conditions of their entitlement and duration are determined in accordance with the Human Resources Law The Federal Government and the Private Sector Labor Relations Act.
The Labor Relations Law allowed the private sector the flexibility to determine the weekly rest (weekly holiday), and the number of its days to be no less than one day, as it can be increased by employers in the private sector, and there are successful models from private sector companies that have actually begun to implement work mechanisms in an unconventional way.
As for the third axis, it defines the rights of all employees working in the state in a balanced manner, in order to achieve the agreed wages in the work contract. It also stipulated that the termination of the service of the employee or worker shall be at the end of the work contract unless it is renewed in accordance with any of the reasons specified by the law. The human resources in the federal government and the decree-law regarding the regulation of labor relations in the private sector, and stipulated that the end-of-service gratuity for the employee or the citizen worker shall be in accordance with the legislation regulating the affairs of pensions and social security in the state. Continuing with full-time service, a reward is paid to him at the end of his service, and it is calculated on the basic wage, and its minimum is 21 days for each year in the first five years of service, and a wage of 30 days for each year for more than five years.
The end-of-service gratuity is for the employee or worker who works in any other type of work, in accordance with what is determined by the Human Resources Law of the Federal Government and the Federal Decree-Law on regulating labor relations in the private sector. Which authorized the adoption of other systems as alternatives to the end of service benefits, in accordance with what is determined by the Human Resources Law and a decree by law regulating labor relations, which allows the adoption of advanced patterns and systems for end of service benefits that keep pace with the aspirations of global and local talents that are intended to be brought into the labor market in the country.
As for the fourth axis, it is equality and non-discrimination, as the new law reinforces the principle of respect for all who work in the UAE, and the law prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national or social origin, or because of disability among persons that would weaken the equality of Opportunities or prejudice to equality in obtaining or continuing a job or work and enjoying its rights.
The law also prohibits discrimination in jobs with the same job duties, and the rules and procedures that would enhance the participation of the country's citizens in the labor market are not considered discrimination.
In response to a question for «Emirates Today», about the weekends, the Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation, Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Awar, confirmed that the federal government issued this decision after an extensive study on the location of the national economy and its integration into global economies, and all aspects related to the impact of the decision on the global economy were analyzed. The market, and identifying the positive aspects related to society and the family, and accordingly the local authorities issued their decisions to be compatible with the decision of the Federal Government, while the Government of Sharjah added an additional part to the decision, but its procedures are compatible with it.
He explained that the current situation in the private sector gives the worker an hour of rest for prayer and for any other rituals, because the work system has not changed in this part, as the worker has the right to have an hour of rest during the daily working hours.
He pointed out that the decree by a federal law on regulating the labor relationship and the Federal Human Resources Law, which are fully compatible with the Unified Labor Rules Law, will be developed in the federal government in accordance with the Unified Labor Rules Law, in terms of regulating the relationship between the employee and the employer in the government, including Leaves, end-of-service benefits, and others. This law is considered a new precedent in the labor market in the UAE, as it aims to unify the federal government and private sectors within certain limits and the system that governs the employee and the employer, and aims to eliminate all differences that were considered discrimination between the two sectors, including It enhances the presence of Emirati cadres in the labor market.
The “Federal Human Resources” determines the mechanisms for implementing the new system of weekly work
The Federal Authority for Governmental Human Resources issued a circular regarding the mechanisms for implementing the new system of weekly work in federal entities, in light of the extension of the weekly holiday to be on Saturday, Sunday and a half on Friday, starting from January 1, 2022.
And the authority clarified in its circular No. (18) for the year 2021, that the official working hours for federal government employees start from Monday to Friday every week from seven thirty in the morning, until three thirty in the afternoon, except on Friday, when working hours are until two o’clock Ten o'clock.
It urged the federal authorities to adhere to the new system, and to take advantage of the flexibility provided by the legislator within the executive regulations of the human resources law in the federal government regarding flexible working hours, provided that the regulation for regulating flexible working hours approved by the federal authorities agrees with the work need and within the limits of official working hours, in addition to To the possibility of those federal agencies activating the remote work system approved in the federal government on jobs that are capable of doing so, provided that coordination with the Authority in this regard is done before applying the remote work pattern (in whole or in part) to any job they have, in order to ensure that the required conditions are met according to The above system and within the limits of the official approved work.
She confirmed that she had re-engineered the electronic human resources information management system "Bayanati" in line with the new work system, and that the authority is fully prepared to overcome any obstacles it faces in implementing the new work system.
And federal entities that are not affiliated with the human resources information management system in the federal government "Bayanati" called to amend their approved electronic systems, in line with the new work system, in terms of (official working hours, weekends, vacations, and other related aspects). effective January 1, 2022.
Similar working hours
The Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation, Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Awar, confirmed that the new system of weekly holidays achieves a balance in working hours between the public and private sectors, because an increase in half a day off in the “government” corresponds to an increase in the number of daily working hours in the same sector, which made the number of working hours The daily correspondence between the two sectors.
4 working days per week for government nurseries in Sharjah
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The Sharjah Education Council announced the amendment of the reception times for children in government nurseries in the Emirate of Sharjah to become four working days, based on the directives of the Executive Council in the Emirate of Sharjah regarding changing the system of weekly work in the emirate, starting from Monday until Thursday, and becoming a holiday Weekends on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, provided that the application of the new working hours will start from 01/January/2022AD, from 6:45 in the morning until 4:00 in the evening.
The Sharjah Private Education Authority also applies four school days per week, based on the directives of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, and on the decision of the Emirate's Executive Council regarding working days in the emirate.
The authority decided to amend the working hours in private educational institutions in the emirate, to become four working days from Monday to Thursday, and the weekend becomes Friday, Saturday and Sunday, as the application of the new working hours begins from the first of January 2022.
And the Emirates Foundation for School Education had recently reported that the school attendance system will be changed in all government schools at the state level, and Friday will be a half day of study, within the framework of changing the weekly work system, to comply with the new system adopted by the federal government, which begins its implementation On the first of next January.
The Foundation explained that changing the working hours system will take into account the school stages and the logistical data of each school, in order to comply with the new system of working days and the weekly holiday, and the school days will be from Monday to Thursday full time, while Friday will be a half school day.
The Foundation stated that the weekly holiday for public school students will be on Saturday and Sunday, starting from the first of next January, noting that work will be with government school principals and parents of students, to ensure the smoothness of this change.
• A maximum of 48 hours of work per week, and the law defines seven types of leave.
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