UAE Employment Law: Three-year cap on private sector employment contracts has been removed.
Based on significant amendments made to the UAE Employment Law law in November 2022, work contracts could not last more than three years. The Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021, authorized by the late Sheikh Khalifa, stated that ‘all indefinite contracts must be converted into fixed-term contracts with the option of renewal.’ However, the UAE government has introduced a new…