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Comparison of Labor Law

This document provides a comparison of labor laws in the United Arab Emirates and United States. It discusses employment contract requirements, restrictions on employing women and minors, workplace safety standards, and termination of employment. The key differences are that UAE labor law has limited and unlimited employment contracts while US law focuses on voluntary agreements and collective bargaining. UAE law also places more restrictions on employing minors and women working at night. Both countries aim to ensure workplace safety and protect employees' rights upon termination.

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Comparison of Labor Law

This document provides a comparison of labor laws in the United Arab Emirates and United States. It discusses employment contract requirements, restrictions on employing women and minors, workplace safety standards, and termination of employment. The key differences are that UAE labor law has limited and unlimited employment contracts while US law focuses on voluntary agreements and collective bargaining. UAE law also places more restrictions on employing minors and women working at night. Both countries aim to ensure workplace safety and protect employees' rights upon termination.

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Table of Contents
Introduction:...............................................................................................................................................3
Employment contract requirements:..........................................................................................................3
Restrictions on employment of women and minors:..................................................................................4
Workplace safety requirements:.................................................................................................................4
Termination of employment:......................................................................................................................5
Conclusion:..................................................................................................................................................6
References...................................................................................................................................................7
Topic: Comparison of Labor Law of UAE and US

Introduction:
One of the enormous successes that policymakers in these areas have undertaken is the
development of work regulation in the United Arab Emirates. In terms of the specialists'
restrictions, the law is quite clear. There are two types of agreements between a company and its
employees: limited and unlimited agreements. Understanding the country's labor regulations is
essential for anybody operating in the United Arab Emirates. It plays an important role in
answering queries about yearly leave, working hours, and other business-related issues. When
compared to the UAE, the work relationship in the United States has less restrictions. Aside from
the guarantee of hours and salaries and segregation or limitation, the gatherings are authorized to
organize and prepare the agreements of their connection (Lagahid, 2015). The purpose of this
presentation is to explore the UAE Labor Law and its implementation, as well as to provide a
comparison to the US Work Law.

Employment contract requirements:


The UAE labor legislation sets fundamental standards that firms and workers in the
region must follow. There are two types of agreements in the UAE: restricted and endless. A
limited term contract is established and is based on how long the individual will stay in the UAE
and where the individual is situated in the nation. Workers who are subject to limited agreements
are not permitted to cease or quit, regardless of how much warning they are given before the
agreed-upon time under the agreement expires. When the period expires, the agreement
automatically terminates (Abbasi, 2011). Surprisingly, a limitless agreement is open-ended and
must be terminated by violation of Articles 83 and 125 of the UAE Labor Law or due to
execution, where a firm shall provide the party one month notice before the individual is
excused.

In terms of contract agreements, US labor law differs significantly from that of the UAE.
For an individual to be seen as a representative, the individual has most likely been affiliated
with a commercial arrangement. In the United States, there are two types of agreements: labor
voluntarily and aggregate haggling understanding. Voluntary commercial agreements can be
terminated uninhibitedly by either party for any or no reason, and the national, state, and local
legislation all accept the legality of such an arrangement. Unless the agreement specifies a
different form of connection, a worker is often believed to be in the arrangement against their
choice. In any instance, when a company and a representative enter into an agreement, both are
bound by the terms of that agreement. Work in the United States is identified by one or more
persons working in the general or private sector - in such a scenario, the individual can fill in as a
self-employed entity or as a worker and can choose to work or not work on additional time.

Restrictions on employment of women and minors:


Work for people younger than 17 is totally precluded and is an infringement of UAE
work regulation. Regardless, people between the ages of 17 and 19 are allowed to work however
should stick to the lawful necessities for working circumstances and hours. Moreover, students
of an equivalent age bunch are qualified to work and can be given young adult work licenses as
expected by the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratization. Under this arrangement, exiles
and Emiratis are approved to deal with an undertaking for a half-year time frame and are not
allowed to chip away at it for over a year in under a few hours (Lerner, 2016). Women are not
allowed to work in the nights in the UAE, as this is viewed as an infringement of Article 28 of
the UAE Labor Laws. Article 30 just permits excellent females, for example, those in clinical,
particular, and regulatory positions.

In the United States, the Fair Labor Standards Act lays out the base age for
business, the quantity of hours worked, and the pay for those younger than 18. The suggestions
vacillate contingent upon the singular's age (Meerkotter, 2021). The regulation lays out the base
age for work in the United States as 15 years of age and orders the quantity of hours such a kid
should work. Minors are not allowed to work in perilous regions like driving and unearthing,
among others. On account of females, the issue of irregularity in pay has filled in the United
States. Regardless of the way that the Equal Pay Act precludes any sort of exploitation of ladies,
especially as far as installment, the United States is encountering an absence of regulation that
can help with guaranteeing that moms and ladies who are utilized are remunerated similarly as
their male partners. In the United States, ladies are permitted to work in the nights.

Workplace safety requirements:


As indicated by the UAE, Labor Law involves exact measures for the agent's clinical
consideration and assurance. Each firm ought to give a satisfactory procedure to safeguarding
representatives from wounds, word-related ailments that might be spread during risk, fire, and
work that outcome from the utilization of work hardware and contraption. The organization will
take each of the careful steps expected by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. In any case,
the specialist should utilize the security attire and hardware gave to him by this inspiration. One
more point is that a laborer is supposed to adhere to their supervisor's directions to protect the
person being referred to (Goher, 2021). As per the UAE Labor Law, each workforce part is
answerable for keeping up with the tidiness of the working environment and it is appropriately
ventilated to guarantee that it. Besides, the functioning space ought to be sufficiently bright, with
enough of drinking water and bathrooms. This is urgent since it assumes an essential part in
safeguarding the agents' adequacy.

How Laboure’s are protected in the United States is nearly identical to how they are
protected in the UAE. For example, the Fair Labor Standards Act is made up of criteria
pertaining to the labor of persons under the age of 19. The purpose is to protect young people's
prosperity and strength in the United States. The Act specifies employment restrictions for those
under the age of 19, as well as the hours they must work and the occupations they must direct.
The Act was devised to ensure that workers are free of perceived hazards. The Act also addresses
the 'Informant Protection Program,' which assures that firms cannot retaliate through hostile acts
against an individual specialist who may have disclosed security concerns, wounded, or any
other protected activity.

Termination of employment:
The UAE Labor Law states that workers are entitled to be rewarded when they leave the
employment after three months, including stipends and compensation. Ending is legally
permissible if the representative is still inside the first 90 days of the agreement. In any instance,
if the worker terminates the business contract, the UAE Labor requires the representative to pay
the firm half of the three months' compensation (Blanton, 2019). Concerning unlimited
agreements, the connection between the company and the representative is terminated when the
two of them reach an agreement to terminate the agreement or when one of the parties chooses to
terminate the arrangement and the other party commends the commitment. Under certain
situations, the representative or management may terminate the agreement without notifying the
next party. Erratic termination occurs when a supervisor authorizes a worker to leave or excuses
that individual for no justifiable cause - in any instance, this can be challenged in court and is a
violation of Article 121 of the UAE Labor Law.

If an individual loses a job in the United States, the individual has a few rights, for
example, the right to joblessness compensation or the choice to continue with the wellness
inclusion (Marciukaityte, 2018). However, under U.S. Work Laws, when a company contract is
terminated, a few representatives and their nuclear families who lose their medical benefits in the
process might choose to continue with the benefits provided by the gathering wellness Centre for
a limited period. Representatives are protected by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act,
which prohibits any sort of separation.

Conclusion:
To sum up, a few game plans of UAE and US work rules have been examined previously.
A piece of the distinctions between the two were because of the arrangement prerequisite. As
recently expressed, work in the UAE depends on two kinds of arrangements: confined and
boundless, with agents limited by limited arrangements having the choice to end the plan
following two years. This isn't equivalent to the limitless arrangement, in which an agent is
simply expected to give the organization one month's notification. In the United States, the
business and the representative can frame arrangements, however they should not abuse US work
regulation. Different worries tended to in this article were the impediments of youngsters and
ladies working in the UAE and the United States, as well as the security necessities in the work
environment, among others. Accordingly, the Labor Law supports the arrangement of a
connection between the business and the delegate, as well as the foundation of a quiet working
environment.
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laws of regulating the Trademarks in UAE, and the International laws and Punishments
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Blanton, R. G. (2019). Labor Laws and Shadow Economies: A Cross-National Assessment.


Social Science Quarterly.

Goher, G. (2021). Disruptive Technologies for Labor Market Information System


Implementation Enhancement in the UAE: A Conceptual Perspective. International
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Lagahid, V. E. (2015). Labor Laws Compliance System: Its Implementation In Cebu City.
Proceedings Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 88-95.

Lerner, S. (2016). Breaking Laws to Change Laws. New Labor Forum, 17-18.

Marciukaityte, D. (2018). LABOR LAWS AND FIRM PERFORMANCE. Journal of Financial


Research, 5-32.

Meerkotter, A. (2021). Vagrancy Laws and International Labor Standards: African Reform of
Criminal Laws. International Labor Rights Case Law, 196-202.

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