The employer has the right to claim compensation from the recruitment office in violation of the terms of the contract

45 days vacation with full pay annually for “helpful workers” in the country

Labor recruitment offices are obligated not to bring in the assistant worker until he is informed of the type and nature of the work.

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The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation confirmed the eligibility of the assistant worker to obtain an annual leave of no less than 30 days, to be paid in advance, in addition to his eligibility to obtain a sick leave for a period (not exceeding 30 days in a contractual year), with a medical report issued by an authority Health care approved in the country, provided that the first 15 days of sick leave are calculated with full pay, while the next 15 days are calculated with half pay, bringing the total number of days of full paid leaves that the assistant worker is entitled to obtain annually, provided that the necessary requirements are met, to 45 days (30 days). annual and 15 sick days), while the ministry clarified the right of the employer to refuse to employ the assistant worker if the recruitment office violated the terms agreed upon in the contract, with the possibility of claiming compensation for any damage.

In detail, the ministry stated that Federal Decree-Law No. (9) of 2022 regarding domestic workers, which was recently issued by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, promotes the preservation of the rights of all parties to the work relationship, including employers, domestic workers and recruitment offices. , by defining the obligations of each party to the other in a balanced manner.

The decree aims to regulate labor relations with domestic workers in the state, define the responsibilities of the parties to the relationship, and stress the obligation not to discriminate between domestic workers on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national and social origin, and not to request or accept any commission from the domestic worker in return. Getting it to work.

Nineteen professions fall within the scope of domestic service employment, including “employee, sailor, guard, shepherd, sire, dresser, falconer, worker, housekeeper, cook, nanny, farmer, gardener, private trainer, private teacher, private nurse, representative.” Private, private agricultural engineer, private driver.

The ministry stated that the decree in the new law regulates the obligations, duties and rights of auxiliary workers, employers and recruitment offices, where it is imposed on the recruitment agencies of auxiliary workers, not to bring the auxiliary worker from his country except after informing him of the type and nature of work and the amount of wage, and conducting the necessary medical examinations for the auxiliary worker within a period not exceeding Not more than 30 days prior to his entry into the country, and that the office does not ask himself or through others or accept from any assistant worker any commission in return for obtaining work or collecting any expenses from him, whether before or after starting work, and raising awareness and familiarizing the assistant worker with the customs and traditions society in the state, ensuring adequate housing and subsistence for him, treating the auxiliary worker well, not exposing him to violence, and raising his awareness of the competent authorities to consider his complaint about any violation of his rights and freedoms.

She pointed out that the decree-law also sets out for employers a number of legal obligations that are the rights of auxiliary workers, most notably, creating a suitable place for the worker to live, paying his wages according to the work contract, the worker’s right to a paid weekly rest day (he may be employed on his weekly rest day with an allowance for In cash or an alternative day of rest), the daily rest for the worker shall not be less than 12 hours a day (of which at least eight continuous hours), bear the costs of the worker’s medical treatment, not employ the worker for others, give the auxiliary worker a copy of his work contract.

She explained that the new decree-law also obligated the employer to grant the assistant worker an annual leave of no less than 30 days, to be paid before the start of the leave, provided that the employer bears the value of the worker’s travel ticket to spend his annual leave in his country back and forth once every two years. obligated him to entitle the assistant worker to obtain sick leave for a period (not exceeding 30 days in the contractual year), pointing out that the worker can obtain the sick leave continuously or intermittently when his need for it is proven by a medical report issued by an approved health authority in the country, provided that The first 15 days of sick leave are calculated with full pay, while the next 15 days are calculated at half pay, bringing the total number of days of full paid vacations that the assistant worker is entitled to annually provided that the necessary requirements are met, to 45 days (30 annual days and 15 sick days), in addition She has another 15 days of sick leave with half pay.

A law decree sets out legal obligations for employers that are labor rights, the most prominent of which is the creation of a decent place to live.

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