In this summary, we bring you our most recent insights on immediate and evolving employment issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.
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COVID-19: People: Government issues guidance and clarification on Ministerial Resolution 281 of 2020 regarding remote working: UAE - 15 April
Following on from the Ministerial Resolution that was published on 29 March 2020 (MR 281) (see below), the UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation has now published two separate but related notes seeking to clarify elements of MR 281 and give further guidance on how it is to work in practice. The first is a temporary guide regulating remote working, to be annexed to MR 281. The second is a clarification of the sectors exempted from the effect of MR 281.
Here, we outline 5 key points from the guide and the clarification that every employer should know.
COVID-19 People: 10 key points you should know regarding employee pay reductions (UAE) - 6 April
On 26 March 2020, the UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation published Ministerial Resolution 279 of 2020 to equip both businesses and their employees with guidance to better deal with the effects of the preventative and precautionary measures currently being taken by the UAE Government in response to COVID-19. In this e-briefing, we outline from the Ministerial Resolution that employers should know.
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COVID-19 People: Five things every employer should know about the Ministerial Resolution on remote working (UAE) - 6 April
Our e-briefing looks at 5 key points that employers should know in relation to the Ministerial Resolution that was published on 29 March 2020, by the UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation regulating remote working during the period of the precautionary measures currently being taken by the UAE Government in response to COVID-19.
COVID-19 People: ADGM issues new COVID-19 circular regarding employees - 5 key points - 2 April
We have summarised the key points in relation to the ADGM’s Registration Authority's Registration Authority Circular No. 14 of 2020 on 29 March 2020 (“Circular”), its most recent circular published in the context of ongoing preventative and precautionary measures to ensure health and safety as a result of COVID-19.
The Circular relates to the maximum number of employees allowed to work in the offices of businesses licensed by the ADGM.
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Stuart Paterson
Managing Partner, Middle East and Head of Middle East Dispute Resolution, Dubai
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Stuart Paterson
Managing Partner, Middle East and Head of Middle East Dispute Resolution, Dubai
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