UAE.. Amending the Domestic Service Workers Law | Al Khaleej Newspaper

Abu Dhabi – WAM

The UAE government issued a federal decree law amending some provisions of the federal decree law regarding domestic service workers, with the aim of strengthening the rights of parties to labor relations and facilitating and speeding up dispute resolution procedures.

The new order law includes changing the court where the lawsuit related to domestic workers is registered, to be a court of first instance instead of a ‘ court of appeal referred to in the current ordinance law, and the courts of appeal must refer to it. their requests, disputes and complaints to the courts in the first instance, in the condition in which they are without Fees, without disputes adjudicated or reserved for adjudication.

The law requires the employer, the assistant, and the assistant recruitment office, if a dispute occurs between two of them and they do not resolve it amicably, to send it to the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratization, and for the purpose here the Ministry can take what it considers appropriate to settle the dispute amicably, according to the procedures specified in the law and the relevant decisions, and if it is not able to make an amicable settlement within the time specified in the executive rules The Ministry must refer the dispute to a competent court in the first instance, and must be accompanied by a memorandum a referral that includes a summary of the dispute, the arguments of both parties, and the Ministry’s recommendation.

The Ministry decides on the submitted dispute, when the value of the claim that is the subject of the dispute does not exceed 50 thousand dirhams, or when the dispute is related to the failure of each party to comply with the friendly settlement decision previously issued on its subject, by the Ministry and regardless of the value of the claim, and the decision sent the Ministry issued a ruling on the dispute by force of an executive document, and it is sealed in the executive form in accordance with the usual procedures, one party to the dispute can submit a lawsuit to the competent court in the first place to consider the subject of the dispute within (15) working days from the date of notification or announcement of the decision, and the decision. issued The competent court in the first instance in the subject of the dispute will make a final decision, and by filing the lawsuit will stop the implementation of the decision of the ministry.