Standard employment contract unveiled
The Legal Affairs Department of the Ministry of Education (MoE) has announced the details of the Standard Employment Contract for the teaching and administrative staff of private schools in the UAE. The details will be circulated to all private schools and institutions.
The new contract comes into effect from this academic year. As per the new system, the duration of a contract cannot be for a period less than one year, after which it can be renewed.
These details were mentioned in a memo sent by the Ministry’s legal affairs director, Ahmed Al Hamili, to Mohammed bin Hindi, acting under-secretary of the MoE.
Commenting on the new standard contract, Al Hamili said: “The school has no right to terminate any contract without obtaining a prior consent from the concerned education zone. The measure aims at safeguarding the rights of the two contracting parties.
“Contracts that do not stipulate the validity period will not be attested,” Al Hamili noted.
“If the employee (second party) quits his job willingly without a valid reason before the expiry of the specific period mentioned in the contract, he would not be entitled to after-service benefits unless he has been in continuous service for more than five years. The person will not be able to join any other educational institution/school in the UAE within a year after prematurely cancelling the contract,” he added.
Under the new contract, the first party (holder of the licence) will be bound to compensate the second party with the due salary for three months or the remaining period or the shortest period thereof, if they cancel the contract for reasons not stated in the provisions of the labour law and without securing a prior approval from the concerned education zone, the official said.
The second party (the employee) will have to compensate their employer by paying half the salary for three months or the remaining period of the contract or the shortest period if they cancel the contract before its date of expiry for reasons not stated by the labour law.
The contract will become effective, automatically, for the agreed period, after a probation of one month unless one of the parties notifies the other of revising the contract at the end of the probation. Source
The new contract comes into effect from this academic year. As per the new system, the duration of a contract cannot be for a period less than one year, after which it can be renewed.
These details were mentioned in a memo sent by the Ministry’s legal affairs director, Ahmed Al Hamili, to Mohammed bin Hindi, acting under-secretary of the MoE.
Commenting on the new standard contract, Al Hamili said: “The school has no right to terminate any contract without obtaining a prior consent from the concerned education zone. The measure aims at safeguarding the rights of the two contracting parties.
“Contracts that do not stipulate the validity period will not be attested,” Al Hamili noted.
“If the employee (second party) quits his job willingly without a valid reason before the expiry of the specific period mentioned in the contract, he would not be entitled to after-service benefits unless he has been in continuous service for more than five years. The person will not be able to join any other educational institution/school in the UAE within a year after prematurely cancelling the contract,” he added.
Under the new contract, the first party (holder of the licence) will be bound to compensate the second party with the due salary for three months or the remaining period or the shortest period thereof, if they cancel the contract for reasons not stated in the provisions of the labour law and without securing a prior approval from the concerned education zone, the official said.
The second party (the employee) will have to compensate their employer by paying half the salary for three months or the remaining period of the contract or the shortest period if they cancel the contract before its date of expiry for reasons not stated by the labour law.
The contract will become effective, automatically, for the agreed period, after a probation of one month unless one of the parties notifies the other of revising the contract at the end of the probation. Source
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