Ministerial Decision No. 764 of 2015 On the Implementation of the Ministry of Labor’s Approved Standard Employment Contracts

The Minister of Labor:  

- HAVING REVIEWED FEDERAL LAW NO. 8 OF 1980 AND ITS AMENDMENTS GOVERNING LABOR RELATIONS AND 

- CABINET DECISION NO. 40 OF 2014 ON SERVICE FEES AND FINES IN THE MINISTRY OF LABOR  

Decided:  

Article 1 

Employment Contract Forms attached herewith, shall be adopted. The preliminary approval to expatriate a foreign worker to work in the UAE may be granted only after an employment offer signed by the worker in his own country of origin and conforming to the appropriate Standard Employment Contract is presented, to regulate the labor relation between that worker and his employer.  

Article 2 

If the worker is in the UAE, the worker must duly sign the employment offer, as stipulated in Article 1, before the employer applies for the preliminary approval to employ the worker.

Article 3 

The Standard Employment Contract referred to in Article 1 hereof must be used upon renewing contracts that are in force at the time of issuing this Decision.  

Article 4 

The employer must retrieve from the Ministry system a standard contract that captures t...