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Comparison of old and new UAE employment law Post number 9 Starting today, we want to review the new employment laws of the UAE in a few posts As you know, after 40 years of the 1980 law, the new employment law of the UAE came into effect in February 2022 and there were changes compared to the previous law, some of these changes are in favor of the worker's rights and some are in favor of the employer. Is it possible to set up a permanent work contract? Previously, unlimited term contracts as well as limited term contracts were foreseen in the law, but according to Article 8 of the new law, the contract term is allowed for a maximum of three years, and in case of termination of the contract, if the parties do not have an agreement to extend it, the contract will be implicitly terminated. One of the cases that was very different compared to the previous law