The UAE’s Part-Time Work Permit (Labor Law)

By securing a work permit, the Ministry of Human Resources & Emiratisation enables you to choose a part-time job.

1. Employees with active labor cards who are registered with the ministry.
2. Individuals who are eligible to receive work permits based on the place where their family reside.
3. People over the age of 18.
4. Workers in the government.
5. A non-national employee who is older than 65 cannot be given the permits indicated in the article. There is no cap on the number of part-time employment that someone with a work visa can hold.

Period of Contract: A year. Dates for the beginning and end of the contract must be stated. For the part-time position, a separate labor card and contract will be given.

Fees: Application for a Part-Time Work Permit: Dh203 (Pay at Tas’heel Center) and Payable at the Tas’heel Center: Dh603 for a part-time labor card.

Required Documents

• Passport Copy
• One photo (white background)
• Labour Card Copy
• No Objection Letter (Arabic) from the current sponsor
• Trade License copy of both companies

Once you have all the necessary paperwork, the potential part-time employer must submit it through a Tas’heel Authorized Center.

The part-time business is required to provide the necessary paperwork and funds:

NOC from existing employer is must

Adult residents of the UAE are permitted to work part-time jobs as long as they have a NOC from their current full-time employers. For a work permit that is only good for a maximum of six months, the potential part-time employer must submit a NOC to the Ministry of Human Resources & Emiritization (the “Ministry”). The option of part-time employment with NOC from their sponsor (father or husband) is available to UAE residents over the age of 18 who are sponsored by their father as well as those who are sponsored by their husband. Ministerial Order 31 of 2018 (the “Part-Time Employment Resolution”) governs the provisions relating to part-time employment.

This took effect on March 1st, 2018. According to the aforementioned Ministerial Order, the employee may work fewer than 48 hours per week for a part-time employer. According to Article 3 of the Part-Time Employment Resolution, the following is permitted under a part-time employment contract:

• To work fewer than eight hours per day or fewer than 48 hours per week for the first company (first part-time employer), provided that the working hours are at least 20 hours per week.
• To simultaneously work for multiple employers without obtaining permission from either the primary company or any additional employers he is working with.

The Part-Time Employment Resolution’s Article 6 further stipulates that an employee is entitled to all benefits listed in the Federal Law No. 8 of 1980 Regulations on Employment Relations in the UAE. View More

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