UPDATE ON UAELaborLawandVisas

1stNovember2022

AmCham Dubai's HR Committee in partnership with Cigna Insurance Middle East and Africa held an "Update on UAE Labor Law and Visas" with our friendsfromtheCanadianBusinessCouncilofDubai andtheNorthernEmirates

The discussion focused on the updates to the UAE's 2022 Employment Law, Visas, and their impact on companiesintheUAEandtheregion

We were honored to have with us several representatives from the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiritisation H.E. Abdulla Al-Nuaimi Asst. Undersecretary for Domestic Worker Affairs, Mr. Ahmed Mohammed Alqarah - Head of Labor Complaints Section, Mr Hussain Rabeea AlaleeliDirector of Customer Relations Department HE Alnuaimi gave us an exciting briefing on the latest topicsinEmploymentandEmiritisation

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He stressed the importance of the Public/Private partnershiptosupporttheeconomy.

His briefing touched on the below subjects with the suggestion of a follow-up technical workshop to be scheduledwithAmChamDubai

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Following the briefing, we dived into a panel discussion led by Rekha Simpson Director, Middle East Immigration of Vialto Partners (formally of PWC Middle East), Stuart Walker, Partner at Afridi Angell and Joanna Matthews Taylor- Partner - Head of Employment Practice at Baker McKenzie Dubai (HabibAlMulla&Partners)

Our panelists took the conversation further to discuss market practice around employee vs employeebenefitsinrelationtothefollowing:

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First, is Sustainable healthcare - supporting the gov’t of the UAE in its endeavor to maximize health system sustainability and resilience, through continuing to engage and recommend strategic PPPs with key organizations amongst our member community, highlighting the importance of health system innovation and the role that all stakeholders can play in maximizing patientaccesstotreatment,andcloselyaligningwiththe MoHaP to address the burden of NCDs in support of the NationalStrategyforWellbeing2031

Next, is Health data privacy – continuing to be a part of the dialogue to ensure data privacy safeguards are in place, and that they support the healthcare system to provide safe, uninterrupted and optimized data-related services

Last, but certainly not least - Health sector industry roundtables – to provide a regular forum for knowledge exchangebringingexperts,KOLsandUS/UAEgovernment officials to discuss the ever-evolving healthcare landscapeinthecountry.