UAE

UAE: Equal pay law for men, women in private sector implemented

A presidential decree mandating equal pay for men and women in the private sector took effect on Friday, state news agency WAM reported.

The new law stated that “female employees shall receive wages equal to that of males if they perform the same work or another of equal value.”

The UAE ranked 26th globally in the United Nations Development Programmes’ 2019 Gender Inequality Index.

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