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Ministerial Order No. (591) of 2016 Concerning the Commitment of Establishments to Provide Accommodation to their Workers.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
United Arab Emirates
Subjects (Classification)
Conditions of employment
Adopted on (Date of text)
2016-06-30
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
The establishments shall provide an accommodation for its workers in case the number of workers at the establishment is fifty (50) or more, and the total wage of each worker is less than AED 2000 (Two Thousand Arab Emirates Dirhams) per month according to the Wage Protection System adopted by the Ministry.
The establishments holding approval of a portion of non-citizen workers shall provide accommodation to the workers who have already obtained a work permit within one months from the date of issuance of this permit, in the event that the number of its workers is or exceeds fifty workers or more and the total wage of each worker is less than two thousand Arab Emirates Dirhams (AED 2000) per month according to the Wage Protection System adopted by the Ministry.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
2016-09-01
Article (1) shall enter into force six months after date the of publication
Basic Text region
Basic text(s)
1980-04-20 (ARE-1980-L-11956)
Federal Law No. 8 on Regulation of Labour Relations.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation online in Arabic
Author
The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation
Country
United Arab Emirates
URL
http://www.mohre.gov.ae
File
القرار رقم 591 في شان التزام المنشآت بتوفير سكن ل.pdf (PDF in Arabic)
Electronic source title
Legislation online in English
Author
The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation
Country
United Arab Emirates
URL
http://www.mohre.gov.ae
File
القرار رقم 591 في شان التزام المنشآت بتوفير سكن .pdf (PDF in English)