UAE: Mohammed bin Rashid issues law for CEOs, DGs in Dubai Government

Dubai: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, issued Legislation No. (8) of 2021 on the Dubai Authorities’s Human Assets Administration for Chief Govt Officers.

The brand new Legislation is relevant to civil CEOs working in all departments topic to Dubai Authorities’s Human Assets Administration Legislation No. (8) of 2018. The brand new Legislation is legitimate from its date of issuance and can be printed within the Official Gazette.

Sheikh Mohammed additionally issued Legislation No. (10) of 2021 partially amending Legislation No. (8) of 2013 regarding Dubai Authorities’s Human Assets Administration for Director Generals. The brand new Legislation is legitimate from its date of issuance and can be printed within the Official Gazette.

In line with Legislation No. (8) of 2021, the CEO is appointed by a decision issued by the Chairman of the Govt Council of Dubai. The Legislation additionally specifies the monetary advantages, efficiency indicators and holidays for CEOs and the procedures for his or her transfers and secondment.

Pursuant to the brand new Legislation, the CEO doesn't maintain any civil legal responsibility for any motion or negligence associated to the efficiency of his duties, and the division holds the only real civil legal responsibility for such motion or negligence with out prejudice to the division’s rights to file a case towards the CEO if the actions or negligence have been dedicated deliberately or on account of grave fault.

The brand new Legislation substitutes Legislation No. (2) of 2015 on Dubai Authorities’s Human Assets Administration for Chief Govt Officers, annuls Resolution No. (1) of 2015 pertaining to the salaries and incentives of CEOs in Dubai Authorities and some other laws that contradicts or challenges its articles. The Chairman of The Govt Council of Dubai will situation the resolutions required to implement this Legislation.