UAE Employment Law and Immigration Workshop

ABOUT THE EVENT

Our upcoming workshop will share the latest changes in employment and immigration policies. Hosted at the Almas Conference Centre in partnership with Gateley UK LLP (DMCC Branch) and EER Middle East, this event is designed to offer valuable insights into UAE employment laws that impact your business and employees.

In this session, you will enhance your understanding of key topics such as recruitment strategies, immigration regulations, and employment contracts. You will receive practical advice from our experts on navigating the UAE’s employment and immigration landscape and have the opportunity to engage with them on other important issues.

Key topics include:

• Effective recruitment strategies
• New visa regulations
• Commencement of employment
• Employment contracts
• Managing secondments
• Office space quotas
• Wage Protection Scheme
• Termination of employment
• Visa grace periods
• DEWS rollout in the UAE
• Unemployment insurance

Stay updated, connect with industry professionals, and ensure your business practices are current.

EVENT DETAILS

WHERE
Almas Conference Centre, Almas Tower, JLT, Dubai

WHEN
8:30AM - 12:30PM, 19 September 2024

PRICE
AED 350 (VAT inclusive)

SPEAKERS

THENJI MOYO
PARTNER AND HEAD OF THE EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE
GATELEY UK LLP (DMCC BRANCH)

Thenji Moyo is an award-winning lawyer that heads the Gateley UK LLP employment practice and is a qualified specialist Employment Legal Director advising on all UAE and DIFC employment law. Thenji is ranked in Chambers and Partners and a qualified specialist Employment Legal Director advising on all UAE and DIFC employment law.

Thenji has extensive experience working in employment law advising blue chip, multinational, regional, local and private clients from all industry sectors.

Thenji works closely with the employment local litigation counsel to file employment claims at the Dubai Courts via the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation and she is a legal practitioner registered with the DIFC Courts. Thenji works closely with the UAE free zones and currently volunteers with the DIFC and DMCC pro-bono clinic. Thenji is the appointed employee representative on the Supervisory Board for the newly established DIFC Employee Workplace Savings Scheme.

Thenji was awarded the Employment Lawyer of the Year at the first G.C.C. Lexis Nexis Women in Law Awards 2022 for her outstanding contributions to the legal industry. In 2021, she led the Gateley team in various gender equality initiatives and introduced an aggressive training campaign aimed at the promotion of equality within the workplace. The firm was awarded with the Equality Initiative of the Year at the Lexis Nexis Women in Law Awards and the Middle East Legal Awards 2022. Thenji is also a published author and an adjunct lecturer at Middlesex University (Dubai).

AIDEEN HOPKINS
CO-OWNER & OPERATIONS DIRECTOR
EER BUSINESS SERVICES

Successful strategic performance is inextricably tied to the overall operational performance of a company and thank to Aideen Hopkins, this is an area that EER continues to excel in. As a member of the EER board and part of the Senior Management Team Aideen has demonstrated her abilities as a highly analytical and skilled communicator, as well as her driven commitment to achieving the best possible results.

Aideen is responsible for the continued organisational development and growth of EER and often draws on her communications background to share her operational expertise at international relocation and immigration conferences and panels. With such a strong background in global mobility, as well as the corporate sector, it is hardly surprising that she has had the foresight to lead the automation and digitization of EER in order to better cater to client requirements long into the future.