UAE Employment and HR protecting your business
DSOA HQ, C wing, 9th Floor
Tuesday, October 8, 2019 - 08:30
Businesses within Dubai attract a wide variety of employees, with nationalities, cultures and ages within any workforce being particularly diverse. In the context of a fast moving employment regulatory regime, managing employees and protecting businesses from a workforce and HR perspective are extremely important and complicated areas of business within the UAE.
Our Breakfast Briefing will provide you with an opportunity to learn and discuss topics related to how best to manage employees and protect your business from an HR and employment law perspective.
The session will provide practical advice and case study examples covering the following:
- Employment exit procedures, covering redundancy, performance and misconduct dismissal
- Managing poor performance and protecting your business from underperforming employees
- Grievances and whistleblowing – what is the law and how to manage internal and external complaints
- Theft of confidential information and protecting your business from key employees leaving to join your competitors
- Labour Court employment disputes – how to avoid disputes and how best to manage them when you are in the Court process
The list of speakers:

Luke Tapp
Partner and Head of the
Middle East Employment
Practice Pinsent Masons LLP

Andrea Hewitt-Sims
Associate within the Middle
East Employment Practice
Pinsent Masons LLP

Ruth Stephen
Associate within the Middle
East Employment Practice
Pinsent Masons LLP