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A minimum salary rule will be applied by the Ministry of Labour to three categories of employees, provided they have a secondary school certificate or a higher educational certificate, local Arabic daily Al Khaleej has reported.Ministry officials sai...

The UAE will soon adopt the alternative penalties law, said Dr. Jamal Al Sumaiti, Director General of Dubai Judicial Institute as reported Emarat al Youm.He said that the bill on alternative measures like ‘community service’ in cases of misdemean...

The UAE Ministry of Labour has moved a case to its Legal Department to rule on a case which has raised the issue of whether a company that has cancelled the contract by issuing a termination letter can enforce a one-year employment ban on that employ...

Although there is no legal directive that compels companies to bear the cost of Emirates ID, Emirates Identity Authority (Eida) chief says companies should take up the responsibility of paying the cost of ID cards for their employees.“There is no l...

Judge Ahmed Ibrahim Saif from Dubai CourtJudge Ahmed Ibrahim Saif said an individual is deported when the court issues an order of deportation against him and this rule becomes final and enforceable.He added that if the accused has exhausted all appe...