Gulf Business: Abu Dhabi establishes prosecution unit for domestic worker abuse cases

Gulf Business
Abu Dhabi establishes prosecution unit for domestic worker abuse cases

The UAE introduced a labour law offering greater rights and protections to domestic workers last year
Staff Writer
Thursday 08 March 2018
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Abu Dhabi Judicial Department has set up a new special prosecution unit to try cases involving the abuse of domestic workers, the department announced on Wednesday.

Dedicated prosecutors and judicial departments will be established in each court to ensure a new federal labour law issued in September is followed.

The law stipulates that wages are paid within 10 days of being due, entitles workers to one day’s rest per and 12 hours of rest per day including eight hours of consecutive rest and 30 days of paid vacation a year.

It applies to 19 domestic worker occupations including sailors, guards, parking valet workers, farmers, gardeners, domestic workers, cooks, and nannies, as well as private trainers, nurses, and drivers.

Employers and recruiters can be fined up to Dhs100,000 ($27,226) for crimes including discrimination, harassment, forced labour and abuse of workers.

Read: UAE President approves law granting new rights to domestic workers

The establishment of the new prosecution units comes in the context of wider scrutiny of domestic worker rights in the region amid a row between the Philippines and Kuwait over the treatment of workers.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte banned his countrymen and women from being deployed in Kuwait after highlighting several abuse cases including that of a murdered maid, whose body was found in an apartment freezer.

Read: Philippines delegation to visit Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi to demand worker protection
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