UAE office rules every employee should remember

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10 UAE office rules every employee should remember

While you work in the UAE, being well-informed about labour laws certainly helps. It makes you aware about the office decorum that you need to follow.

Awareness and understanding of the laws can go a long way in ensuring that you can steer clear of any disciplinary action at the workplace. What's more, if you are subjected to an unfair treatment by the employer, knowing the rules can come to your aid.

DISCIPLINARY RULES

Article 102

The disciplinary rules that may be inflicted by the employer or the representative shall be:

1 - Warning

2 - Fine

3 - Suspension with reduced pay for a period not exceeding ten days

4 - Deprivation from or deferment of periodic bonus in establishments containing a system for such bonuses

5 - Deprivation from promotion in establishments applying a system for such promotion

6 - Dismissal from work without prejudice to the end of service gratuity

7 - Dismissal from work and deprivation from the total end of service gratuity or a part thereof.

Article 103

The disciplinary rules shall determine the cases where each disciplinary sanction set forth in the preceding Article shall be inflicted.

The Minister of Labour and Social Affairs shall issue, by means of a decision thereof, a model list of disciplinary rules and rewards to guide the employers in setting their own rules in this regard.

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Article 104

The fine may be a specific amount or an amount equal to the wage of the worker for a specific period. The fine prescribed with regards to one breach may not exceed the wage of five days. Furthermore, for the settlement of the fines imposed on the worker, a maximum amount equal to the wage of five days may be deducted from the wage of the worker per month.

Article 105

Fines imposed on workers shall be recorded in a special register along with the cause and circumstances of imposition thereof as well as the name and wage of the worker. A special account shall be allocated therefore and the monthly proceeds thereof shall be used for the social welfare of the workers in accordance with the decisions issued by the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in this regard.

Article 106

The penalty of deprivation of the periodic allowance may only be imposed once per year. Such allowance may not be deferred for more than six months.

Article 107

The penalty of deprivation of the promotion may not be imposed for more than one promotional cycle. The penalised worker shall be then promoted during the following promotional cycle should he meet the necessary conditions for such promotion.

Article 108

The financial differences from the deprivation of the promotion or allowance or the deferment thereof, of which the employer shall benefit, shall be registered in a special register along with the cause and circumstances of the imposition as well as the name and wage of the worker. A special account shall be allocated and the monthly proceeds thereof shall be used for the social welfare of the workers in accordance with the decisions issued by the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in this regard.

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Source: khaleejtimes