The UAE Government has issued a Federal Decree-Law amending some provisions of the Federal Decree-Law on the Regulation of Labor Relations.
The issuance of this decree-law comes within the framework of the continuous development of the legislative structure in the UAE and aims to ensure the efficiency of the labor market in the country, enhance its competitiveness, regulate labor relations, determine the rights and obligations of its parties in a balanced manner, provide them with protection and enable them to obtain their rights within a legal framework. The amendments included imposing a fine of not less than 100,000 dirhams and not more than one million dirhams on anyone who employs a worker who is not authorized to work for him, recruits or employs a worker and leaves him without working, or uses work permits for purposes other than those designated for their issuance, or closes or stops its activity without taking measures to settle the rights of workers in violation of the provisions of the new decree and its executive regulations and the decisions issued in implementation thereof, or employs a juvenile in violation of its provisions.
Source (Al Arabiya.net Website, Edited)
