Senior legal and human resource executives gathered in Abu Dhabi, UAE to consider the impact of the planned changes in employment contracting procedures to come into effect in the UAE on January 1 as well as recent changes in Qatar regulating the payment of salaries.

 

The gathering built on a recent successful employment event in Dubai hosted by Dentons in collaboration with the Association of Corporate Counsel Middle East (ACCME), said a state

 

With presentations by Dentons partner Ibrahim Elsadig and associate Nadine Naji, the event focussed on recurring queries surrounding the types of employment contracts, employee benefits, end of service gratuity and restrictive covenants. 

 

There was also much discussion around the anti-discrimination law which recently came into effect in the UAE, where delegates discussed the nuances to be considered relating to areas such as age, nationality and gender which are not directly listed in the new law but are topical areas encountered in other jurisdictions.

 

Dentons' well-resourced employment law practice in the Middle East has an in-depth understanding of local issues and is regularly instructed by local and international clients in the region on all aspects of contentious, non-contentious and advisory employment work, including benefit programmes, equality and discrimination issues, employment litigation and grievance and dismissal procedures. - TradeArabia News Service