Employment Restructuring in UAE

Service Overview

Employment restructuring has been made possible by the UAE government in response to COVID-19 pandemic so businesses during market fluctuation or crisis can cope to poor business performance and mounting debt.
The restructuring process requires a considerable amount of expertise on a broad range of disciplines including financial, business, and legal in order to make sure that all conditions and considerations have been properly assessed and the most optimal way moving forward is uncovered.
Legal Consultant Systems has a team of experienced employment restructuring experts that work alongside insolvency and liquidation specialists in providing legal advice and strategic guidance to businesses that are considering of restructuring in UAE.

When your business has to make a lot of change, it can result to employment restructuring. We can help you not only restructure employment professionally but legally as well.

UAE Ministerial Resolution No 279/2020

The Ministerial Resolution (No 279) of 2020 grants businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic and with expatriate residents as employees the right in restructuring contractual obligations with employees as per the gradual five procedures, which are as follows:

the implementation of a working system for remote work;
granting of paid leave for employees;
granting of unpaid leave for employees;
reduction of salaries temporarily within the precautionary period (the business would have to sign an annexure that’s limited to agreed-upon terms or for as long as ministerial resolution is valid);
reduction of employees’ wages permanently (the business would have to obtain the approval of the ministry first by applying for employment contract data modification)

Legal Employment Restructuring in UAE

As experts in employment restructuring and redundancy, we will be able to provide you with specialist labor and employment legislation advice in order to make sure that all changes which you wish in implementing to your business have been done in an effective and efficient way that’s possible.

With employment restructuring, it’s essential you treat staff members fairly by complying with legal requirements set forth by the authorities. Otherwise, you will be facing claims raised by your employees. This is exactly where we’ll be able to help.