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Article

1 Jun 2022

Author:
Huda Tabrez, Gulf News (UAE)

UAE: New resolution states workers entitled to wages for up to a year while recovering from work injuries & compensation up to USD54451 in case of death

"New UAE Labour Law decrees: All you need to know about occupational disease and injury" 31 May 2022

Ensuring that workers are protected from the risks of work injuries and occupational diseases is an employer’s obligation...

A new cabinet resolution was issued in April this year...The resolution not only specifies how work injuries and occupational diseases can be identified, but also provides the procedures that need to be followed in such situations.

The employer shall, in case the worker has a work injury or an occupational disease:

    1. Bear the expenses of the worker’s treatment until he recovers and is able to return to work or proves his disability...
    2. If the work injury or occupational disease prevents the worker from performing his work, the employer shall pay to the worker an amount equivalent of his full wage throughout the treatment period or for six months, whichever is less. If the treatment period exceeds six months, the worker shall obtain half wage for another six months, or until the worker is cured or his disability proven/death occurs, whichever is earlier.
    3. If the work injury or occupational disease led to the death of the worker, their family shall be entitled to compensation equal to the basic wage of the worker for 24 months, provided that the compensation amount is not less than Dh18,000 and not more than Dh200,000...

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