UAE Employment and HR protecting your business

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