Unified UAE Legislation Database

Employment Regulations 2024

Status

In force

Issuing Authority

ADGM

Effective date

XX.XX.XXXX

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Regulations to provide for minimum employment standards for Employees, promote a fair balance of rights and obligations between Employees and Employers and foster employment practices that will contribute to the prosperity of the Abu Dhabi Global Market. 

 

Date of Publication: 3 January 2025 

 

The Board of Directors of the Abu Dhabi Global Market, in exercise of its powers under Article 6(1) of Law No. 4 of 2013, as amended, concerning the Abu Dhabi Global Market issued by His Highness the Ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, hereby enacts the following Regulations:

 

PART 1 — HIRING EMPLOYEES 

1. No waiver 

1. The requirements of these Regulations are minimum requirements and, subject to subsection (2), a provision in an agreement to waive or exclude any of those requirements, except where expressly permitted under these Regulations, shall be void. 

 

2. Subsection (1) shall not prevent an Employer and Employee from entering into a settlement agreement under which the Employer or the Employee agrees to waive any and all actual, threatened or potential claims that it or he may have against the other arising out of the Employee’s employment (or, where app...