Before a company in Dubai can hire foreign employees, it must obtain two types of documents: a work card from the establishment and an immigration card from the Ministry of Labor. An affiliation agreement must be documented and agreed upon between the foreign company and the subsidiary in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This is true whether the new employee is entering the UAE from another country or if they already reside in the country and move between different companies based in the UAE. These procedures will require an abbreviated employment contract between the employee and the subsidiary in the UAE for submission to the employment and immigration authorities of the UAE.
Employees attached to subsidiaries in the UAE will have their employment contracts with the foreign entity, but will provide their work to the subsidiary in the UAE. Companies must also obtain approval for a visa for an employee to work in a free zone before they arrive in the UAE. Companies must sponsor work visas and residence permits for employees in the UAE, which can be complicated depending on the geopolitical climate of the region. It is important to distinguish between procedural requirements applicable to foreign workers and those applicable to workers from the UAE and other GCC countries, since transfers of the latter must be carried out according to provisions of Federal Act No. Companies that are successful in doing business in Japan are among the world's leading companies.
In some business areas, employers must meet detailed legal requirements regarding their obligations to their employees. In general, a foreign company that wishes to hire employees to conduct business in the UAE must be established and licensed in the UAE. This is a common practice among subsidiaries of international companies when an employee must work with subsidiaries in several jurisdictions and remain an employee of the foreign parent company. There have been no recent cases where Dubai Court of Cassation or Federal Supreme Court ordered an employee to comply with a non-compete agreement. In these cases, employment contracts remain in force and it is not necessary to obtain consent from employees regarding transfer, unless new owner wishes to modify contracts, in which case individual consent from each employee is mandatory.
The focus is on ensuring salaries are paid on time, protecting employees from manipulating their financial rights, reducing labor disputes, and helping judicial system with labor rights disputes by providing evidence related to them. People who work in specific fields or who have certain qualifications may apply for a new type of residence visa (known as a green visa), which will allow them to work and reside in the UAE without their visas being linked to their employers. When it comes to hiring foreign employees by companies formed in Dubai, there are certain restrictions that need to be taken into consideration. Companies must obtain two documents - a work card from an establishment and an immigration card from the Ministry of Labor - before they can hire foreign employees. Additionally, an affiliation agreement needs to be documented between a foreign company and its subsidiary based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This applies both when a new employee is entering from another country or if they already reside within UAE and move between different companies. The process requires an abbreviated employment contract between both parties for submission to employment and immigration authorities of UAE.
Employees attached to subsidiaries within UAE will have their employment contracts with foreign entity but will provide their services to subsidiary within UAE. Companies must also obtain approval for visa for employee working within free zone before they arrive within UAE. Companies must sponsor work visas and residence permits for employees within UAE which can be complicated depending on geopolitical climate of region. It is important to distinguish between procedural requirements applicable to foreign workers and those applicable to workers from UAE or other GCC countries since transfers of latter must be carried out according to provisions of Federal Act No. Companies successful at doing business within Japan are among world's leading companies.
In some business areas employers must meet detailed legal requirements regarding their obligations towards their employees. In general, a foreign company wishing to hire employees for conducting business within UAE must be established and licensed within UAE. This is common practice among subsidiaries of international companies when an employee needs to work with subsidiaries across several jurisdictions while remaining an employee of foreign parent company. There have been no recent cases where Dubai Court of Cassation or Federal Supreme Court ordered an employee to comply with non-compete agreement. In such cases, employment contracts remain valid and it is not necessary to obtain consent from employees regarding transfer unless new owner wishes to modify contracts where individual consent from each employee is mandatory. The focus is on ensuring salaries are paid on time, protecting employees from manipulating their financial rights, reducing labor disputes, and helping judicial system with labor rights disputes by providing evidence related them.
People who work in specific fields or who have certain qualifications may apply for new type of residence visa (known as green visa) which will allow them to work and reside within UAE without their visas being linked with employers.
