UAE New Labour law.

By now, most of us heard about the Ministry of Labour's new rules which were effective from 1st of January 2016.

How they are going to impact the employer-employee relationship?

keep in mind that these new rules are for private companies registered under the UAE Ministry of Labour.

The new rules are based on 3 Ministerial Decrees: 764, 765 and 766 which will highlight one by one, you can find all Decrees on the official website of the Ministry of Labour.

The Ministry Decree 764 - Approved Standard Employment Contracts:

An Employment offer must conform with the "Standard Employment Contract" as defined by the Ministry of Labour, and must be signed by the employee and presented to the Ministry of Labour to obtain the tentative approval to admit a foreigner worker. This contract must be signed by the employee and employer and presented to the Ministry of Labour to obtain tentative approval to admit a foreign. No causes can be incorporated. Click here to read the Decree 764.

The Ministerial Decree 765 - Rules and Conditions for the Termination of Employment Relations:

Termination of fixed-term contracts (ie. 2 years contracts) need to be approved by the Ministry and can be terminated on one of these such grounds:

• Mutual agreement between the employer and the employee.
• Expiration of the contract without renewing it.
• If either party terminates the contract, the following applies:

1. They should provide a written notice to the other party in advance as agreed between the employer and the employee and stated in the employment contract.
2. The notice period should be a minimum of one month and should not exceed 3 months.
3. Indemnification should be provided as agreed between the employer and the employee: this must not exceed the equivalent of three months of gross wages.
4. The party that terminates the contract without complying with the legal condition and for no reason of non-compliance by the other party, in this case the terminating party bears any legal consequences of early termination.

• If a worker commits violations prohibited under Article 120 of the Federal Labour Law. In this case of unlimited contracts termination can occur if there is a:

• Mutual agreement between the employer and the worker.
• A written notice submitted from the party that terminates the contract and must continue to honor contractual obligations for the duration of the notice period. The notice period is as agreed between the employer and the worker and can not be less than one month and can not exceed three months.
• If a worker commits violations prohibited under Article of 120 Federal Labour Low.

Click here to read the Decree 765.

The Ministerial Decree 766 - Rules and Conditions for granting a permit to a worker for employment by a new employer:

A new work permit may be granted to a worker upon the termination of an old employment contract, if it is for reasons stated in the decree: Click here to read the decree 766.

What this now means, is that the six-month rule is waived if the worker has skill levels classified by the Ministry as 1, 2 and 3 meaning those who hold a university degree, post secondary diploma or high school diploma, respectively. This will surely give employees more flexibility so as long as the conditions in the contract are abide to and in line with the decree.

In a nutshell, here are what these new rules are all about:

• Standard Contracts must be presented to the Ministry of Labour to obtain the tentative approval.
• These contracts can be terminated upon mutual agreement or a written notice.
• A new work permit can be granted to the employees with skill levels 1, 2 and 3 as long as the  employee abide to the conditions of their contract and in line with the decree. 

This is surely a step in the right direction to making the employer - employee relationship smoother and more transparent.

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What is Electricity ??? Type of electricity !!

Definition:

A type of energy fueled by the transfer of electrons from positive and negative points within a conductor. Electricity is widely used for providing power to buildings, electric devices and even some automobiles. A number of individuals are responsible for the development of electricity, but the most notable one is Benjamin Franklin and his flying kite experiment. Franklin was able to determine that lightning was a form of electrical discharge. 

 Type of Electricity:

There are two type of electricity, 1. Static Electricity And 2. Current Electricity. Static electricity is made by rubbing together two or more objects and making friction while current electricity is the flow of electric charge across an electrical field.

1. Static Electricity:  Static electricity is when electrical charge build up on the surface of a material, it is usually caused by rubbing materials together. The result of a build-up of Static electricity is that objects may be attracted to each other or may even cause a spark to jump from one to the other. For example: rub a balloon on a wool and hold it up to the wall.

Before rubbing, like all materials, the balloons and the wool sweater have a neutral charge. This is because they each have an equal number of positively charged subatomic particles (protons) and negatively charge subatomic particles (electrons). When you rub the balloon with the wool sweater, electrons are transferred from the wool to the rubber because of differences in the attraction of the two materials for electrons. The balloon becomes negatively charged because it gains electrons form the wool. and the wool becomes positively charged because it loose electrons.

2. Current Electricity: Current is the rate of flow of electrons. it is produced by moving electrons and it is measured in amperes. Unlike Static electricity, current electricity must flow through a conductor usually copper wire. Current with electricity is just like current when you think of a river. The river flows from one spot to another, and the speed it moves is the speed of the current. With electricity, Current is a measure of the amount of energy transferred over a period of time. That energy is called a flow of electrons. One of the result of current is the heating of the conductor. When an electric stove heats up, it's because of the flow of current.

 
There are different sources of current electricity including the chemical reactions taking place in a battery. The most common source is the Generator. A simple Generator produces electricity when a coil of copper turns inside a magnetic field. In a power plant, electromagnets spinning inside many coils of copper wire generate vast quantities of current electricity. 

There are two main kinds of electric current. 1. Direct Current, (DC) and 2. Alternate Current, (AC). It's easy to remember, Direct Current is like the energy you get from the battery. Alternate Current is like the plugs in the wall. The big difference between the two is that DC is a flow of energy while AC can turn on and off. AC reverses the direction of the electrons.

 

 
 

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