Labour Accommodation

The United Arab Emirates has taken advanced steps in the file of labour accommodation at the legislative and implementation to ensure that labourers' rights to adequate and decent accommodation providing them with comfort and safety.

This file witnessed a strategic turning point after the Cabinet had adopted the General Standards Manual for Group Labour Accommodation in 2009, which is implemented by MOHRE in cooperation with its partners from the concerned local and federal authorities, headed by municipalities and the Civil Defense.

MOHRE undertakes a set of measures to assure the companies' compliance with the accommodation's requirements and conditions. On the top of such measures is carrying out inspection visits to the sites of labour accommodations, whether inspections carried out by MOHRE's inspectors or joint inspection campaigns with the concerned local authorities.

MOHRE's great attention is paid to the development of the occupational safety and health culture the labour market through the implementation of several programmes, including thousands of field visits to labour accommodations and work sites, especially construction sites, workshops and factories. This would increase awareness of the importance of adherence to occupational safety and health and provide directions on ideal practices to protect labourers from work injuries and risks both at the external and internal work sites.

Workers Residential City Management System