POD inBrief – Employment Law in the UAE

By: Charles Laubach

This episode of Afridi & Angell’s POD inBrief focuses on the UAE’s employment law and is a dialogue between Charles Laubach, employment practice head at Afridi & Angell, and Kirsten Elizabeth, HR manager for a trading company.

Kirsten has questions on workforce overtime rules, termination, and non-compete and confidentiality clauses amongst others.       Listen to “Afridi & Angell’s POD inBrief_Employment in the UAE” on Spreaker.

An overview of their discussion is mentioned below:

Overview:

– Employee overtime rules

– Employee termination causes (legitimate reasons) and employee notice period

– Employee end of service gratuity and savings plan

– Employee contracts; non-compete and confidentiality clauses

– Delayed termination of employee benefits (i.e., visas, health insurance and schooling)

– Advice on COVID-19 reduced office space