UAE Issues Worker’s Rights And Duties Booklet

A multilingual booklet ’’The Worker : Rights and Duties’’ was released by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior.

Lt. Colonel Salah Al Gul, Director of Office of Culture of Respect for Law, the first worker’s pocket book will be issued in six languages: Arabic, English, Filipino (Tagalog), Persian, Chinese and Urdu, and would be distributed to all federal government departments, concerned NGOs, labour accommodations, and media outlets.

He indicated that the booklet explains the rights and responsibilities of the worker as basis of freedom and justice and drivers for fully integrated development of the individual and community in reaching to excellence in delivering targets and aspirations of members of the community, spreading awareness among individuals about their rights and duties towards community and the state.

According to him, the booklet, which primarily seeks to fosters and heightens the culture of respecting the law and public order, features rights and duties of the worker in pursuance of laws conforming with the UAE constitution.

He hoped the legal manual would be a good friend of the worker, helping him to stay under the umbrella of the law.

The interior ministry top official affirmed the UAE’s firm commitment to protecting and guaranteeing human rights whether a UAE citizen or an expatriate resident.

The UAE, he underlined, lends great attention to workers’ rights according to Article 20 of UAE Constitution which says "Society shall esteem work as a cornerstone of its development. It shall endeavor to ensure that employment is available for citizens and to train them so that they are prepared for it. Legislation must uphold the rights of workers and employers consistent with advanced international standards".

Article 34 says ’’Every citizen shall be free to choose his occupation, trade or profession within the limits of law. Due consideration being given to regulations organizing some of such professions and trades. No person may be subjected to force labour except in exceptional circumstances provided by the law and in return for compensation.
 

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