DIFC employees to get 50% of salary as basic | ZAWYA MENA Edition:
Employers at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) can no longer issue job contracts with less than 50 per cent of pay as 'basic salary' and indicating the rest as 'allowances' - a wage structure that has been causing employees to lose a significant portion of their end-of-service gratuity.
Enacted on May 30, the DIFC's new employment law ensures that employers are giving at least 50 per cent basic salary. It is a rule that has been based on workers' experiences.
Lawyer Shiraz Sethi, who has helped draft the law, told Khaleej Times that he had dealt with many cases at a pro-bono clinic where low-income workers, such as delivery drivers and waiters, were being given Dh500 as basic salary and a large proportion as allowance.
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