Current Trends In Labour And Employment Law In The UAE

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Labour And Employment Law In The UAE Be up-to-date with the UAE Labour Law that impacts your business 17 – 18 March 2014 • Dusit Thani Hotel, Dubai, UAE 26 – 27 October 2014• Dusit Thani Hotel, Dubai, UAE Book and pay NOW and bring your colleague for FREE on this course See back page for details*

Top 5 Learning Objectives 1.

Understand the key principles of the UAE labour law and the regulatory and enforcement trends at the Ministry of Labour

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Adhere to the labour law when recruiting, and learn how to handle downsizing and redundancies

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Manage the legal requirements that organisations have to fulfil in relation to salaries, leave and other benefits

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Identify the special considerations involving terminations/ redundancies of senior professionals and end of service benefits including severance pay/gratuity and other benefits

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Comprehend employment disputes and the dispute resolution process from the Ministry of Labour through the local courts

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17 – 18 March 2014 Dusit Thani Hotel, Dubai, UAE 26 – 27 October 2014 Dusit Thani Hotel, Dubai, UAE

Labour And Employment Law In The UAE

Course Timings Registration will be at 08:00 on Day One. The course will commence at 08:30 and conclude at 14:30.

Meet Your Expert Course Director10:30 and 12:30 and lunch will be served at end of each day’s session.

There will be refreshment breaks at approximately Course Introduction

Meet Your Expert Course Director Herbert S. Wolfson is the Managing Partner of Emirates Law Network, an American law firm focusing on the United Arab Emirates and neighbouring countries. He began his career as a securities lawyer in Washington in 1990 and went on to practice in Riyadh, New York, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Philadelphia.

This course has been developed for HR professionals within the UAE industry sectors who want a recap of the UAE labour laws; or want a better understanding of UAE labour laws and current practices; and for anyone who is new to the region or to an HR role. It has been designed for those who want an update on the regulatory trends and an insight of how to address issues that often arise in the employment context, in the new economic landscape.

Day One

He has more than 20 years of experience working in the Middle East. He serves as lead counsel for

Overview, Recruitment And In-Term Issues

multinational corporate clients in transactions in the UAE and neighbouring countries. He has provided

• Introduction

expert testimony in US courts on commercial disputes governed under the UAE, Saudi Arabian and Egyptian legal systems.

• Who is covered by the labour law? Who is not covered? What about free zone companies?

Herb Wolfson’s publications include a detailed analysis (accompanied by his own English translation)

• Employment contracts - International contracts - Local contracts

of UAE Federal Law No. 4 of 2000, which established the Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority.

He has a degree in law Magna cum Laude, as well as an undergraduate degree and a Master’s degree in Arabic, all from the University of Pennsylvania. In 2003, Herb was the lead drafter for a new contract law for the Government of Afghanistan.

Who Should Attend?

This course has been developed for all HR professionals within the UAE industry sector. It would also be highly beneficial for those working as company secretaries and legal heads who have had minimal formal training in labour law and wish to consolidate their experience in the region. In addition it would also benefit in-house counsel and lawyers who have recently been transferred to the UAE.

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• Overview and review of key statutory enactments and the sponsorship system of the UAE labour law

• Recruitment - Offer letters and employment contracts – are there any minimum requirements?

- Fixed term vs. unfixed term contracts - Temporary workers - Verifying status and credentials; background checks - Revocation of offers or contracts - Interplay between employment status and visa status for new recruits o Working on a visit visa o Visa transfer - Special issues for foreign countries: interplay between local law and home-country law o Discrimination o Tax o Data protection o Pension / Social Security

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• Special issues for cross-border employees - Can an individual hold a residence visa from more than one GCC state?

- Whose labour law applies?

• Emiratisation and the recruitment of host country national employees • Handling employee benefit issues during a merger/acquisition

• Notice periods and garden leave • Employee entitlements upon termination - End of service gratuity/severance pay - Other benefits mandated by law - Benefits conferred by the contract - Other benefits • Employment disputes - Initiated by the employer - Initiated by the employee

• Identifying other benefit restructuring • Employee benefits during the term of employment - Salary - Allowances - Working hours, overtime and the 5-day work week - Official holidays and Ramadan - Leave time o Vacation leave and vacation air tickets o Sick leave o Maternity leave o Emergency leave and other leave - UAE Nationals

• The Ministry of Labour process

• Holding employee passports

• Interplay between employment status and visa status for terminated employees

• Health and safety obligations - Insurance - Medical facilities - Accidents and workman’s compensation - Accidental death - Reporting processes

• Labour and employment disputes in the local courts • Protecting employer data and confidential information - Non-compete clauses - Confidentiality clauses - Non-solicitation clauses - The NOC - Best practices

• Conclusions

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Day Two The End Of The Employment Relationship • Employee resignation - What costs can be recovered from the employee?

- Gratuity and other benefits on resignation - The six-month ban and the one-year ban

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• Termination - Termination “for cause” and the disciplinary process - Termination for employer convenience - What about redundancy?

- Arbitrary termination – what constitutes arbitrary dismissal?

- Termination after prolonged sick leave or prolonged maternity leave - Special issues regarding the termination of UAE national employees

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