Dubai
Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, has issued Resolution No 27 of 2013 regulating part-time jobs at the Government of Dubai.
The resolution complements regulatory laws and legislation of the Dubai Government Human Resources Department. The resolution sets out a legal and regulatory employment framework for departments to adopt at the government of Dubai, allowing more flexibility in responding to operational changes as well as facing socioeconomic factors that affect the mechanism of attracting and retaining talents.
The resolution also aims to attract highly qualified and distinguished expertise to work in the government sectors, in addition to finding replacement employees that work for fewer hours than the official working hours, a work-life balance that would enable employees to divide their energy between their work and private life.
The provisions of the resolution further identify the scope and objectives required for adopting a part-time policy at a government department. It also determines the working hours, salaries and the mechanism to calculate the wages of employees taking up part-time jobs.
The resolution also includes general provisions regulating work leave, promotion and rules for transferring a part-time employee to working on a full-time basis and vice versa. This decision comes into effect from the date of its issuance.
