Social Protection and Well-Being Assurance

Labour Market Observatory

Social Protection and Well-Being Assurance

Structured legislation and policies promoting a flourishing Labour market environment and ensuring worker welfare

7.5m

Subscribers to the Unemployment Insurance Scheme

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Subscribers of Unemployment Insurance Scheme

In 2023, the UAE adopted an innovative, non-contributory, mandatory insurance scheme that provides the entirety of UAE’s Labour force in both the private and public sectors, regardless of their nationality, a 3-month protection against involuntary loss of employment

Last update: May 17, 2024

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99%

Of companies are compliant with Heat Stress policy, which aims to protect workers from heat exhaustion. This is an initiative adopted by the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation to ban work performed under direct sunlight and in open areas during the summer months to protect the health and safety of workers

6000 resting stations have been allocated in 2024 for delivery workers across UAE

Last update: June 7, 2024

185

cases were flagged for non-compliance with the midday work ban during 2023, which prohibits having workers perform their duties around noon under direct sunlight and in open spaces from 15 June to 15 September

Last update: Febraury 21, 2024

99%

Protected under Workers Protection Program

The Workers Protection Program provides insurance on workers’ entitlements, which include unpaid wages among others. Almost all workers working in the private sector are covered under this social umbrella

Last update: March 24, 2024

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more than 27k

is the total Number of Workers that benefitted from the Worker Protection Program over the last 5 years, for claims related to unpaid wages, unpaid end of service, and other worker entitlements

Last update: March 24, 2024

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