Number of Days for Annual Leave

According to the article (75) from the labor law, the worker is entitled to be granted an annual leave which shall not be less than the following periods:
- Two a month, where the worker's period of service is more than six months but less than a year,
- 30 days a year, where the worker's period of service is more than one year,
- Where a worker's service is terminated, he shall be entitled to annual leave in respect of fractions of the last year.

Source: Mena Business Service

Individual Employment Contract

Is the worker entitled to obtain an employment contract?
Yes … the worker is entitled to obtain the employment contract concluded between the two parties and issued and attested by the ministry of labor signed by the two parties … as the employment contract shall be in writing and each of the worker and employer shall have a copy respectively.. In addition, the approved language in the state is the Arabic language. In addition, in case the worker does not receive the employment contract, he shall resort to the ministry of labour.
If the employment contract has not been issued from the ministry, can I prove my service with employer or not?
Evidence shall be conducted by the legal evidence means … for example: internal contract concluded between the two parties, appointment letter, payment statement or book of attendance and going out of the work... etc., if the worker has one of them.
What is the necessary information that shall be available in the employment contract? Article (36):
The employment contract shall contain the following:
- Date of signing the contract.
- Date of starting the work
- Type of the contract, either it is (a limited or unlimited contract)
- Place of signing the contract
- Period of the contract: if it is a limited contract … there shall be a date of the commencement and end of the contract in the unlimited contract only the commencement shall be mentioned therein
- Amount of the payment: the basic salary, allowances and bonuses shall be specified
- Occupation

Note: if there are any other conditions agreed upon between the parties of the contract to be added at the date of signing the contract if they are not in contradiction with the labor law
Sources: Mena Business Services & UAE Labor Law mol.gov.ae

Sponsor Visa

A reader located in Dubai asked Gulf-news regarding Passport and Visas in UAE. The Question below is directly copied from the question of the reader:

“ Can the company I work with sponsor my sister-in-law? Is it okay if I ask my employer to sponsor my sister-in-law and to secure the necessary employment visa for her to work in Dubai?”

I will re-instate the question:

“Reader would like to ask if his employer would be able to sponsor his sister in law to work in UAE with the same company sponsorship.”

The rule in UAE states, if an employee is working with a company and has a compensation of minimum 5,000 AED and working at least 6 months with the company, he could sponsor his immediate family (Parents, Wife or Husband and Children) for residence visa through Employee’s Sponsorship. However, “Sister In-Law” is not included in this sponsorship program granted to an employee. He can able to ask his sponsor to help his sister in law in getting a Visit Visa under the same sponsorship unless, the sponsor would like to hire his sister in-law too, then it is possible.

For further and more concise answers, please go to the Department of Naturalization and Residence or you may check their official website: http://mol.gov.ae/

Sources: gulfnews.com & mol.gov.ae

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Types of Residence Contract in UAE

In UAE Labor Laws:There is two types of contract:

1. Limited Contract - where in employees has been offered a residence visa with a contract of 2 years that shall be completed accordingly with UAE labor laws procedures.
2. Un-Limited Contract - where in employees has been offered a residence visa with a minimum contract period of 3 years and so, that can be terminated both by employee and employer for a reasons or with no valid reasons.
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Kathe

New Visa Rule in UAE

Dear All,

Starting 2011 of January, UAE Ministry of Labor started the New Rule for Employment Residence both for UAE national and Expatriate Employees. The Rule implies and be implemented as follows:

- New Visa will be 2 years instead of 3 years, for unlimited and limited residence visa
- There will be no banned anymore once employee finish the first 2 years contract; but
- If incase an employee has been resigned or terminated after 1 year of service, he will not have ban of 1 year if he got an offer letter from a company with salary starting from & between AED 5,000, 7,000 & 12,000 or more and he has a authenticated school credential to prove that he has a Higher Degree Certificate;
- Banned will be lifted if less than 1 year for professional in many conditions, e.g. salary should start from AED 5,000 with professional degree or higher education or license like Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers etc...

reading sources: UAE Labor Laws Updates

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