UAE issues new rol decree to protect domestic workers’ rights Jurisdiction for disputes related to domestic workers amended

 

ABU DHABI: The UAE Government has issued a Federal Decree-Law amending specific provisions of the Federal Decree-Law Concerning Domestic Workers and its Amendments. These amendments aim to strengthen the rights of all parties involved in employment relationships, as well as facilitate and accelerate resolving disputes.

The new decree amends the jurisdiction for disputes related to domestic workers, transferring such cases from the Court of Appeal to the Court of First Instance, where Courts of Appeal are required to transfer all pending applications, disputes, and grievances to the Court of First Instance as they are, without any fees, effective from the date the present Law takes effect. This does not apply to cases that have already been sentenced by the judge or held in the courts pipeline for sentencing.