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United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been an ILO member state since 1972 and has ratified nine ILO Conventions, including six core Conventions. The UAE hosts some 8.7 million migrant workers – equivalent to over 80 per cent of the country’s resident population – making it one of the largest foreign labour-receiving countries in the world. With Emirati nationals mainly employed in the public sector, migrant workers constitute the bulk of private sector employment. The ILO and UAE are collaborating across topics such as social protection, labour migration corridors, just transition, and building institutional capacities to enable it to create and maintain safe and healthy workspaces in all sectors of the economy.
Latest news and stories
Employers and Business Membership Organization - capacity building
ILO Bureau for Employers’ Activities concludes two online validation workshops on strengthening labour functions in employers’...
New ILO-GCC joint report
Report reviews the wage protection system in Gulf Cooperation Council countries
Labour statistics
National labour market statistics for the last year from the ILOSTAT database
Projects and programmes
Project
STREAM - Extending Social Protection to migrant workers and their families in the South Asia-Gulf Corridor
Social Protection
Expanding Social insurance for agricultural workers in the Arab region
Development Cooperation Dashboard
The dashboard offers interactive visualisations of ILO development cooperation projects in the United Arab Emirates.
Publications
New ILO-GCC joint report
Wage Protection Systems in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: A regional analysis
ILO report
Navigating the digital and artificial intelligence revolution in Arab labour markets
All resources
Browse our catalogue of resources from or about United Arab Emirates and filter by topic or sector.
Tripartite partners
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Contact
Mette Grangaard Lund
Just Transitions Specialist
ILO Regional Office for Arab States
- Email: [email protected]
ILO activities in the United Arab Emirates are coordinated by the ILO in the Arab States Office, based in Beirut.
Aresco Centre - Justinien Street - Kantari
P.O.Box 11-4088 Riad Solh 1107-2150
Beirut – Lebanon
- Email: [email protected]
Phone: + 961-1-752400