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DEWS in the DIFC: How the Employee Workplace Savings Plan Works
Your DIFC employer must pay at least 5.83% of your monthly basic wage into DEWS or another certified scheme every month, rising to 8.33% after five years. Who is covered, how the 50% floor works, what UAE and GCC nationals are owed, and how to get the money out.
Authorized Signatory in a UAE Company: Who Can Sign, How to Appoint One, and the Liability
The authorised signatory is whoever can legally bind the company: usually the manager named in the MOA, or someone that manager empowers by POA or resolution. Where that authority is recorded, how to change it in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and ADGM, and when a signature becomes personal liability.
Without Prejudice Meaning in the UAE: Settlement Offers and Legal Texts
The phrase has two jobs in the UAE. On a settlement email it asks that an offer not be used against you, and only the DIFC and ADGM Courts write that into their rules. In a statute, without prejudice to Article X simply means subject to it.
UAE Telemarketing Rules: When Banks and Sellers May Call You, and How to Complain
Since March 2026, a dedicated Central Bank rule limits when banks and insurers may call you to sell, how often, and with what consent. Here is how to stop the calls, where to complain, and which rules cover sellers that are not banks.
UAE Job Seeker Visa: Who Qualifies, How to Apply, and What It Does Not Allow
The UAE job seeker visa lets qualifying graduates and skilled workers enter for 60, 90 or 120 days to look for work without a sponsor. Who qualifies, the ICP and GDRFA Dubai fees and deposit, extensions, and why you cannot work on it.
HIV in the UAE: Medical Fitness Tests, Residency Rules and What the Law Says
Expatriates aged 18 and over applying for UAE residency are tested for HIV at first grant and at each renewal. Here is what the law says happens after a positive result, who is exempt, who gets told, and where testing and treatment are free.
Non-Renewal of an Employment Contract in the UAE: Notice, Sample Letter and Final Dues
UAE labour law sets no separate notice period for letting a fixed-term contract expire, but silence can extend it on the same terms. What a non-renewal letter should say, two neutral sample letters, what is owed within 14 days, and the visa steps.
How to Write a Cheque in the UAE: Every Field and the Rules Behind It
A field-by-field guide to writing a UAE cheque: the date and when it can be presented, the payee line, which amount counts when words and figures differ, the signature, and crossing. Law and bank practice are kept apart.
Bank Guarantees in the UAE: Types, How a Call Works, and Challenging an Unfair Call
How UAE bank guarantees work under the Commercial Transactions Law: bid, performance and advance-payment guarantees, what happens when one is called, and the narrow court route to challenge an unfair call.
Basic Salary in the UAE: What Counts, the Percentage Question, and Which Entitlements Use It
Basic salary is the contract wage before housing, transport and other allowances. UAE law sets no minimum ratio to your total package, yet overtime, gratuity, holiday premiums and unemployment insurance all run on it. Here is what counts, what does not, and how to check your own figure.
Do You Need Your Employment Contract in Arabic? The UAE Rules Explained
An onshore UAE employment contract is registered with MOHRE on a bilingual template, and the Arabic text is the one the labour authorities and the courts read. This guide explains where that rule comes from, when the English version still matters, and what to check line by line before you sign.
How to Start a Business in the UAE: A Step-by-Step Guide
What it actually takes to set up a company in the UAE — choosing your activity, picking mainland or a free zone, licensing, visas, banking and tax registration.