UAE Labour Law – February 2022
Following on from our podcast on the top 50 changes brought in by the new UAE Labour Law, we bring you the second part of our mini-series of the burning questions that employers are facing as the 2 February 2022 implementation date of the new law approaches.
In this second alert, we’ve focused on questions related to working time and arrangements.
- If we adopt (or have adopted) a Monday-to-Friday working week, how should we manage rest breaks, prayer breaks, and working hours on a Friday?
- Do employers have to give employees the right to work flexibly?
- Can employees save up breaks to shorten working days or working weeks?
- Who is now entitled to overtime under the new UAE Labour Law and how is it calculated?
- Are employees still entitled to nursing breaks?
- Do we have to give paid study leave?
- Are employees still entitled to Hajj leave?
- Should we still reduce working hours during Ramadan?
- How much maternity and parental leave are employees entitled to?
- Should we introduce a bereavement leave policy?
Get in touch
If you would like help answering or discussing any of the questions covered in this alert, or have any other employment-related issues, please contact Kiersten Lucas, Emily Aryeetey or Laura Anderson in our employment, pensions and incentives team, or your usual contact at Stephenson Harwood Middle East.