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August 5, 2020
Fujairah Opens for Crew Changes
Travel restrictions and border closure imposed by governments around the world due to the Coronavirus outbreak, have caused significant hurdles to crew changes and left many seafarers stranded onboard ships or unable to join ships. According to the Federal Transport Authority-Land & Maritime(FTA), UAE decided to open crew changes in all its ports and waters,...
June 30, 2020
Website Cloning – A Business Reality with Intricate Legal Consequences
The newest and most effective marketing tool for business exists nowadays in the digital world. Whereas a good and attractive website has all the prerequisites to have a strong impact on the market share and positioning of a firm, it has the drawback of exposing important and not always protected content to infringements. Website cloning...
June 23, 2020
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Data Protection Law 2020
A revisited legal regime and a building block for the high standards of the financial center From July 1, 2020, the date of entry into force of the new DIFC Data Protection Law, the financial center will enhance their already existing standalone data protection regime. This is expected to align the DIFC to the existing...
May 27, 2020
6 Frequently Asked Questions – COVID19 and Shipping Industry
Introduction The World Trade Organization has projected that “world trade is expected to fall by between 13% and 32% in 2020” due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as it has increased globally causing massive disruptions on the economic activity of international markets, including individuals’ lifestyles. One of the major industries shaken by this calamity is the...
May 5, 2020
FICHTE WEBINAR: COVID-19 and Shipping Industry
Free Live Webinar The COVID-19 outbreak has been affecting supply chains worldwide and significantly impacting global trade. The shipping industry, being the backbone of global trade, has been severely disrupted. Our recent webinar focused on the major legal implications in the shipping industry, as well as some helpful takeaways from our Partner and Head of...
April 15, 2020
FICHTE WEBINAR: COVID-19 and Employment Law in the UAE
Free Live Webinar To help employers and employees better understand the current developments, including some temporary measures introduced in the UAE, Fichte & Co recently hosted a free live webinar. Our Associate, DR. Laura Voda and Seniors Associate, Moaz Forawi talked about the Ministerial Resolution 279, the scope and applicability, provided clarity towards the measures...
April 8, 2020
Things to Know about the “Early Leave” Initiative in UAE
Note: In continuation of our previous article, the NEW Ministerial Resolution on Employment and COVID 19 1. What is the “Early Leave” Initiative? In furtherance to Ministerial Resolution 279 of 2020 and as part of the UAE Government efforts to contain the effects of the COVID 19 pandemics in the labor market, the Ministry of...
April 5, 2020
Employers and NEW Ministerial Resolution 279 in the UAE
On March 26, 2020, the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratization (MOHRE) issued Resolution 279 on Employment Stability in the Private Sector during the period of application of the precautionary measures aimed at curbing the spread of Coronavirus. The Resolution is aimed at protecting the non-UAE employees for the duration of COVID-19 precautionary measures applied...
Employment affected by COVID 19 in DMCC and other free zones – legal insights
Colloquially, people understand commercial free zones as areas somehow segregated from the UAE onshore territory. Whereas this understanding is mainly accurate for the financial free zones, it is to be known that commercial free zones do not depart vastly from the Federal legislation or from the local legislation in the Emirate where they are located....
March 26, 2020
Salient Q&A on the impact of COVID-19 on the labor market in the UAE
Note: THIS IS APPLICABLE FOR UAE COMPANIES THAT FALL UNDER THE APPLICATION OF THE FEDERAL LAW 8 0f 1980 AS AMENDED. GOVERNMENT ENTITIES ARE THEREFORE EXCLUDED. Can the employer oblige the employees to come to work during the Coronavirus pandemic? Whereas it is difficult to issue a clear answer to the question due to dependency...