Dubai eases Visa Rules, UAE makes Labour Laws more Competitive

In the furthest down the line move to help the United Arab Emirates' monetary seriousness, Dubai on Tuesday reported a five-year different section visa to work with work excursions for unfamiliar representatives of firms situated in the emirate.

The UAE, a league of seven emirates, likewise this week revealed new private area work laws which will come into power in February.

The Gulf state has recently launched a raft of economic and legal reforms, including longer-term residency visas, to attract investment and foreigners to help the economy recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The changes also come amid a growing economic rivalry with Gulf neighbour Saudi Arabia to be the region's trade and business hub.

At a federal level, a new labour law announced on Monday is intended to create an efficient labour market, attract talent, empower women and improve the comparativeness of Emirati citizens in a private sector dominated by expatriate workers, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation Abdulrahman al-Awar said.

One provision bans employers holding onto employees' passports and forcing them to leave the country at the end of an employment contract, a ministry statement said. Rights groups have for years criticised the UAE, and other Gulf countries, for the control employers have over workers, especially the widespread practice of withholding passports from domestic and other low-paid workers.

The law also prohibits workplace discrimination based on factors including race, gender and religion, the statement said