Jurisdiction: Middle East
Employment Insight: Bystander actions – the next frontier for managing behaviour at work
If you’re an observer of current affairs, you’ll have noticed a new social phenomenon of commuters taking videos of racial abuse by fellow passengers. Initially, there was outrage at the footage – why was no-one around the victim doing anything? … Continue reading
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Employment law developments in the Dubai International Financial Centre
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Authority has introduced the DIFC Employment Law No.3 of 2012 (the Amended DIFC Employment Law), which amends the DIFC Employment Law No.4 of 2005. The Amended DIFC Employment Law affords greater protection to employees … Continue reading
Bahrain introduces a new Labour Law
The Kingdom of Bahrain has introduced a new labour law for the private sector (Law No. 36 of 2012), issued by the King of Bahrain at the end of July. According to reports, the new Labour Law includes the following … Continue reading
Dubai – principle of constructive dismissal recognised by the Court of Cassation
It has been reported that, in a recent case before the Dubai Court of Cassation, the court has recognised that an arbitrary termination may occur where an employee is forced out of employment by his employer changing the terms and … Continue reading
UAE Labour Law – enforceability of employment contracts
There have been two material recent developments in UAE employment law in relation to the enforceability of employment contracts:
Mass redundancies in EMEA
Recent times have seen regular announcements of mass redundancies, more often than not from a company with global operations. These companies face the daunting challenge of analysing and comparing employee rights under the different legal regimes and co-ordinating the headcount … Continue reading
International secondments: legal and practical issues for companies managing overseas workers
Given the lack of specific legislation in the UAE on unfair dismissal and redundancy, expatriate employees increasingly turn to UK courts and tribunals to defend their employment rights. Our briefing discusses the territorial scope of UK employment law which is … Continue reading
UAE: mandatory end of service payments – what are employees entitled to on termination?
A recent ruling of the UAE Ministry of Justice has confirmed that it is not lawful for an employer to agree with its employees to avoid the end of service gratuity provided for under the UAE Labour Law.
