Employee Rights & Duties
When you work in Abu Dhabi, you are bound with certain legal obligations and entitlements. Here you will find useful information covering your legal position as an employee in the Emirate. Learn more about various procedures and check your eligibility for holidays, pensions and social welfare.
Wages Protection System
In line with the UAE government efforts and its development and modernisation plans which aim at improving government performance and providing better and faster services to the public, the Ministry of Labour has implemented a Wages Protection System. This system is an important step towards ensuring and protecting the rights of workers, and towards establishing trust between establishments and their employees.
Companies are now obliged to transfer the salaries of their employees through the new system within a period not exceeding nine months. Companies that fail to abide by the decision will be subject to punishments and fines, and will not be able to obtain work permits.
Advantages of the System
- Save time and effort in payment of wages.
- Enhance employee productivity and loyalty.
- Ensure that companies pay employee wages periodically.
- Avoid having employees and employers carry large amounts of cash in the workplace.
How the System Works
In order to participate in this system, companies must select one or more agent from among the agents licensed by the Central Bank. Once the company’s authorised bank receives the employee salaries, it sends a notification to the Wages Protection System. The system then sends the workers' details and wages as well as the salary transfer instructions electronically to the Central Bank of the UAE, which will in turn forward those details to the Ministry of Labour database in order to ensure that the details received correspond with those registered with the Ministry. The system will then send the approved information to the appointed agent in order to start paying the wages.
Workers that do not receive their salaries, or have any concerns regarding the method of payment can report their concerns in person at any of the Ministry's offices or via the login page available in the “Helpful Links” column.
Source:Ministry of Labour website
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