UAE / IPO PEOPLE & ORGANISATION
Twelve connected themes and 60 implementation assets, researched for the UAE. Establish the route, strengthen the controls and build evidence that appointed advisers and accountable decision makers can examine.
UAE · SELF-ASSESSMENT
Assess 96 controls across the UAE’s twelve themes. Define your listing route and employer jurisdictions, review material issues, then download a branded results report and priorities linked to the UAE implementation tools.
BUILT FOR UAE
Public ownership requires clear accountability, capable leaders, reliable employment and payroll controls, protected information and repeatable reporting. HR Delivery coordinates the people workstream alongside your appointed listing, legal, financial and other advisers. Listing rules and employment regimes must be mapped separately.
THE IMPLEMENTATION LIBRARY
60 assets
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PROGRAMME FOUNDATIONS
Understand the UAE routes, twelve themes, key source distinctions and a practical people-readiness delivery method.
38 pages · English PDFAssess 96 original advisory controls with scoped evidence, feedback, material gates and practical action planning.
82 pages · English PDFA fully labelled 840 employee teaching case with all 96 ratings disclosed and explicit operating limitations.
35 pages · English PDFReproduce the original evidence scale, incomplete-data treatment, equal-theme index and independent material-gate decisions.
39 pages · English PDFExplore 60 implementation assets, their six working tools and practical responsibilities and decisions.
81 pages · English PDFTransfer a working programme with observed practice, source monitoring, accountable ownership and explicit open conditions.
36 pages · English PDFOFFICIAL SOURCES / REVIEWED 18 OCTOBER 2026
These are original HR Delivery research summaries and implementation tools, not rebranded reproductions of legislation. The source register distinguishes reviewed provisions from official locators requiring further confirmation. Check amendments, effective dates, authoritative language and issuer-specific directions before live decisions. The PDF editions are in English; both website interfaces are available.
Official current CMA consolidation, effective 1 January 2026; reviewed 18 October 2026. Arabic authoritative. Articles 2(2)-(3): succession to SCA and name substitution; Article 27(4): existing decisions continue only to the extent consistent with the new laws until implementing decisions; Article 30: commencement. The regulator’s own staff rules are not issuer-employment rules.
Open official sourceDecision 3/2020 as currently amended, including enacted 24/2025; official consolidated Article 3, reviewed 18 October 2026. Article 3: domestic listed PJSC scope and exclusions for foreign, financial-free-zone and free-zone companies. Determine the actual applicable/approved governance mechanism for excluded issuers; an exclusion is not an exemption from all governance obligations.
Open official sourceOfficial January 2026 current module,196 PDFpages; reviewed 18 October 2026. MKT 1.1 scope; 2.5 prospectus; 3.2 mandatory governance principles and 3.2.10 comply/explain; 9.2 listing responsibilities and 9.3 eligibility. Appendix 4 best practice is distinguished from mandatory principles. DFSA Official List and exchange trading admission are distinct.
Open official sourceCurrent official DFM listing-options guidance reviewed 18 October 2026; service guidance rather than a substitute for rules. Separate established-company, SME, family, free-zone, dual-listing and private-company pathways. Eligibility, legal form, approvals and conditions require the current route-specific rule set and actual adviser confirmation; marketing summaries do not prove eligibility.
Open official sourceIssued 20 September 2021; effective 2 January 2022. Official indexed text checked 18 October 2026. Arts 2 scope and exclusions; 4 employment/contract exceptions; 5 minimisation; 7-9 controller, processor and breach reporting; 10-12 DPO; 20 security; 21 DPIA; 22-23 transfers; 28-29 executive rules and adjustment period. Binding where within scope. Current Executive Regulations and Office procedural instruments were not located in this primary-source search. Do not invent a federal 72-hour deadline, adequacy list or compliance-expiry date. Direct official PDF archive returned 403; official indexed text was available.
Open official sourceVersion 2.0, 27 April 2026; 12 image-based PDF pages, archived and visually inspected. PDFp 6, Step 5 Data Transfers, states onshore UAE is a distinct jurisdiction and not adequate under ADGM DPR 2021. PDFpp 7-8 require the legal basis and relevant safeguards/mechanism for non-adequate destinations. PDFp 10, FAQ 8, confirms the UAE selection for the visa-application transfer. Assess underlying regulatory sections 40-44 for actual sharing. Official guidance. Check the current designated adequate-jurisdiction list and actual safeguards. This is not a universal UAE data-localisation rule.
Open official sourceCurrent official consolidated English text reviewed 18 October 2026; Arabic is authoritative for federal UAE law. Article 9: current composition and nomination controls, including one woman, one-third independent and majority non-executive; issuer route and exceptions must be confirmed.
Open official sourceCurrent official consolidated English text reviewed 18 October 2026; Arabic is authoritative for federal UAE law. Article 58: Audit and Nominations/Remuneration committees; 3-5 non-executives, at least 2 independent, independent chair; board chair excluded; statutory scope applies.
Open official sourceCurrent official consolidated English text reviewed 18 October 2026; Arabic is authoritative for federal UAE law. Article 7/bis added 24/2025 effective 30 August 2025: constitution,3/4 independent board, all-independent standing committees, special GA approval, governance committee and recusal/independent-deputy safeguards. Separate roles remains teaching default.
Open official sourceOfficial current module VER 27/01-26 archived in full; reviewed 18 October 2026. Rules 3.2.3-3.2.10 mandatory principles and annual comply/explain reporting; Appendix 4 best-practice standards; Rules 9.2.1-9.2.2 and 9.3.5-9.3.7; 196 PDF pages.
Open official sourceCurrent official consolidated English text reviewed 18 October 2026; Arabic is authoritative for federal UAE law. Article 14(2 F),(7),(9),(13),(17),(20),(22),(24),(28),(34-35),(39): organisation, internal controls, delegations, resources, training, reward, HR oversight and executive authority; applicable domestic PJSC obligations.
Open official sourceCurrent official consolidated English text reviewed 18 October 2026; Arabic is authoritative for federal UAE law. Article 59(1-13): nomination, continuing independence, reward, skills, HR/training policy and updated succession for executives/committee chairs; current 02/2024 amendments.
Open official sourceCurrent official consolidated English text reviewed 18 October 2026; Arabic is authoritative for federal UAE law. Article 76: integrated reporting within first 3 months of financial year and at least 10 days before GA; governance and sustainability components; distinguish exchange-specific clocks.
Open official sourceCurrent official consolidated English text reviewed 18 October 2026; Arabic is authoritative for federal UAE law. Article 12: board/executive induction, annual board/committee/member evaluation, independent professional evaluation every third year and training needs; no mandated commercial psychometric test.
Open official sourceOfficial live exchange guide page reviewed 18 October 2026; source guidance and exchange requirements distinguished from federal statute. Current exchange page: designated IRO, market-first bilingual searchable PDF s, route-specific reporting calendar and annual Main Market governance/sustainability reporting; apply actual Main/Growth/issuer conditions.
Open official sourceCurrent official consolidated English text reviewed 18 October 2026; Arabic is authoritative for federal UAE law. Article 10: competence, declarations, adverse-history conditions, other roles and official criminal-status certificate; completeness in nomination period; lawful restricted handling.
Open official sourceCurrent official consolidated English text reviewed 18 October 2026; Arabic is authoritative for federal UAE law. Article 19: employment, advisory/audit, family/financial interests, ownership and tenure independence tests; assess actual facts and applicable exceptions.
Open official sourceCurrent official consolidated English text reviewed 18 October 2026; Arabic is authoritative for federal UAE law. Article 61/bis: annual distinct committee report, material internal-control/risk weaknesses and remedial plans; report is evidence, not a substitute for remediation.
Open official sourceCurrent official consolidated English text reviewed 18 October 2026; Arabic is authoritative for federal UAE law. Article 60: financial/accounting competence, relevant experience/qualification, former audit-partner cooling-off and adequate resources; Article 58 committee composition also applies.
Open official sourceCurrent official consolidated English text reviewed 18 October 2026; Arabic is authoritative for federal UAE law. Article 29: board-specific profit framework, conditional alternative fixed amount, additional-work approvals and benchmark comparisons; not a general employee/CEO bonus entitlement.
Open official sourceOfficial government Article 228 indexed text reviewed 18 October 2026; full PDF acquisition is an explicit source gap, not certified complete consolidation. Article 228: conditional special-resolution capital increase route, board submission, director exclusion and CMA implementing controls. Full official download returned 403 here; official indexed article reviewed; current consolidated law and 20/2025 amendments require issuer-counsel confirmation before grant.
Open official sourceCurrent official consolidated English text reviewed 18 October 2026; Arabic is authoritative for federal UAE law. Article 30 bis: fully paid capital, equity/par-value conditions,2.5% scheme ceiling, CMA approval before special GA resolution. This is the specific federal incentive-share branch, not a universal UAE pool limit.
Open official sourceCurrent official consolidated English text reviewed 18 October 2026; Arabic is authoritative for federal UAE law. Article 30 bis 1: 3-10 year scheme term, objective criteria, performance conditions, HR/finance/legal specialist committee excluding directors, auditor review, annual participant information and prescribed disclosures; amendments need fresh CMA and GA approval.
Open official sourceCurrent official consolidated English text reviewed 18 October 2026; Arabic is authoritative for federal UAE law. Article 30 bis 2: permanent employee with at least 2 years service, participation contract; director, temporary, seconded, retiring-during-term and 5% voting-holder/associated-group exclusions in the specific scheme route.
Open official sourceCurrent official consolidated English text reviewed 18 October 2026; Arabic is authoritative for federal UAE law. Article 30 bis 3: application at least 1 month before scheme expiry with auditor compliance report; issue after annual/interim disclosure; individual market-value ceiling of two times the sum of annual salary and annual remuneration; employee pays full issue price; applicable nominal value and approved adjustment conditions.
Open official sourceCurrent official consolidated English text reviewed 18 October 2026; Arabic is authoritative for federal UAE law. Article 30 bis 4: at least 3 years between schemes; aggregate 10% paid-up capital ceiling; nontransferable scheme entitlement except will/inheritance; prescribed annual financial/governance disclosures; outsourcing subject to CMA approval, independence and auditor review.
Open official sourceFederal Decree-Law 33/2021, as amended; reviewed 18 October 2026. Current federal Articles 3, 6-14, 17-21, 25, 29-41, 48, 51-54 and 65-66 as relevant to the stated task. Article 8 has no obsolete three-year cap; Article 54 uses the current First Instance route and two-year post-termination limit. Arabic controls. The November 2025 server path is not an enactment date.
Open official sourceCabinet Resolution 1/2022; reviewed 18 October 2026. Executive Regulation Articles 6-14 on permissions, contracts and rules; 15-24 on hours, leave, safety and discipline; 29-31 on benefit and procedure. Original Article 31 is read subject to amended principal-law Article 54. The retained 100-page bundle contains older principal-law text; use the separate current law for amendments.
Open official sourceJuly 2025 v 5,44 PDFpages; reviewed 18 October 2026. Consolidated v 5 July 2025, 44 PDF pages. Article 4 scope; 14 English contract; 15-16 statements and six-year post-exit records; 18 pay within seven days of pay period; 19 final amounts within fourteen days; 43-61 protection; 65 national pensions; 66 qualifying schemes and preserved prior gratuity. Actual scope and exceptions apply.
Open official sourceCurrent page reviewed 18 October 2026; reviewed 18 October 2026. Official EAO page states ER2024 effective 1 April 2025 replaces ER2019 and identifies employee and non-employee permit routes. Guidance is not legislation; current consolidated primary-text retrieval remains separately limited.
Open official sourcePublished 3 January 2025; effective 1 April 2025; amendment 28 October 2025; reviewed 18 October 2026. Official indexed September 2025 consolidation with 28 October 2025 amendment notes; direct consolidated file returned 403. Do not cite the consultation annex or repealed 2019 rules as operative. A decision dependent on a changed clause requires acquisition and competent review of current primary text.
Open official source2026 season 15 June-15 September; reviewed 18 October 2026. Official 2026 seasonal announcement: 15 June-15 September, 12:30-15:00 outdoor/direct-sun work restriction within scope; any exception requires exact applicable conditions. A manager cannot invent a waiver.
Open official sourceEffective 1 January 2025; reviewed 18 October 2026. Official Ministry scheme: northern five emirates new/renewed residence from 1 January 2025, employer-funded insurance. Abu Dhabi and Dubai have separate applicable insurance requirements; verify actual coverage and dependants scope.
Open official source22 June 2026; reviewed 18 October 2026. Official 22 June 2026 MoHRE statement: targeted establishments with 50 or more workers add 1% skilled-job Emiratisation H1 and 1% H2; announced H1 shortfall contribution AED 10,000 per month per unfilled required position from 1 July 2026. Establishment-specific actual target and denominator must be verified.
Open official source31 December 2025; effective 1 January 2026; reviewed 18 October 2026. Official 31 December 2025 MoHRE statement: AED 6,000 for new/renewed/amended citizen work permits from 1 January 2026; pre-existing pay adjusted by 30 June; counting and new-permit consequences from 1 July. This does not set a universal expatriate floor or automatically amend pensionable-base thresholds.
Open official source14 April 2026 announcement; September 2026 new beneficiaries and phasedexisting; reviewed 18 October 2026. Official ETCC 14 April 2026 update: September 2026 new-beneficiary framework and phased existing-beneficiary transition; separate salary/family/pension support. Employer pension funding changes do not themselves rewrite statutory contribution percentages. Individual eligibility and current operational instructions require official confirmation.
Open official sourceMinisterial Resolution 455/2023 and activity annex; reviewed 18 October 2026. Ministerial Resolution 455/2023, all seven Arabic PDF pages including activity annex: selected 20-49-worker establishments, one national in 2024 and another in 2025; notified scope, replacement and historical target-year contributions. Ministry may update activities. No unsupported later automatic annual requirement is invented.
Open official sourceMinisterial Resolution 663/2022 on Emiratisation compliance; reviewed 18 October 2026. Ministerial Resolution 663/2022, three Arabic PDF pages, employer/national obligations and genuine employment. Current pay and Nafis decisions overlaid separately; no state benefit may simply be deducted from contractual wage.
Open official sourceFederal Decree-Law 29/2021; reviewed 18 October 2026. Federal Decree-Law 29/2021, official GDRFA English publication, Articles 2, 7-13 on scope, visas and residence; read current executive and service conditions separately. Residence is not automatic work or professional authorisation.
Open official sourceUpdated 26 August 2024; reviewed 18 October 2026. Official GPSSA guidance updated 26 August 2024 distinguishes first-covered 31 October 2023 cohort, preserved legacy membership, Abu Dhabi Pension Fund and Sharjah government. Register within thirty days and notify exits within fifteen days where this authority applies.
Open official sourceMinisterial Resolution 340/2026 concerning Wage Protection System; reviewed 18 October 2026. Issued 12 May 2026, effective 1 June 2026. Articles 1-2 due date and monitoring; 4 exclusions; 5 employer responsibility despite delegated payment; 7 repeal of 598/2022; Annex 1 PDF pages 5-6 conditional escalation. Complete six-page English Ministry document recovered from JETRO; direct Ministry bytes not matched.
Open official source4 June 2026; reviewed 18 October 2026. Official 4 June 2026 MoHRE statement via WAM confirms 85% total-wage monitoring and gradual/risk-based response. Monitoring does not extinguish full employee entitlement; read the precise instrument and conditional Annex.
Open official sourceCabinet Resolution 96/2023; reviewed 18 October 2026. Cabinet 96/2023, official MoJ compilation physical PDF pages 114-119, Articles 3-10 participation, preserved pre-enrolment rights and contributions; Articles 11-16 complaints, withdrawal and commencement. Effective 14 October 2023. Full 668/2023 operational procedure and provider-standards annex are not fully acquired.
Open official sourceFederal Decree-Law 57/2023; reviewed 18 October 2026. Federal Decree-Law 57/2023, Articles 2-4 scope, registration and contribution allocation; relevant contribution-base provisions. First-covered 2023 cohort is not every person changing jobs. Current actual authority record governs; government support is not added twice. The official retained English copy is not a certification of all later amendment history.
Open official sourceIdentified official source; reviewed 18 October 2026. Official Abu Dhabi Pension Fund April 2026 comprehensive guide, physical PDF pages 3 and 5-7: local regime, actual member registration, old/new cohort and contribution distinction. Guidance is not the statute; GPSSA and ADPF are not interchangeable.
Open official sourceJuly 2025 consolidation includes Law 2/2022 and Amendment Law 1/2025; 54 PDF pages. Amendment effective 15 July 2025. Art 6 scope; 9-11 principles, basis and special categories; 14 records; 16-20 DPO/DPIA; 23-25 controller/processor; 26-28 transfers; 29-30 notices; 38 automated decisions; 41-42 breaches; 64 A private right. Art 41 PDFp 33; transfers PDFpp 20-22. Binding within DIFC scope. Use this current consolidation rather than the older inactive 2020 landing page. June 2026 proposed Regulations were not verified as enacted.
Open official sourceOfficial indexed consolidation VER 992025 checked 18 October 2026. Sections 4-7 principles and lawful/special-category processing; 22-28 accountability, processors and records; 30 security; 32-33 breaches; 34 DPIA; 35-37 DPO; 40-45 transfers. Contents printedpp 2-3; breaches printedp 31; transfers printedpp 36-40. Binding separate ADGM regime. Full current PDF download returned 403. Section pinpoints were corroborated by official ODP guidance, current FAQs and indexed regulatory text; this report does not claim the full current PDF was archived.
Open official sourceCurrent official CMA rulebook checked 18 October 2026. CMA Law 32/2025 effective 1 January 2026. Law 33/2025: Art 33 issuer duties; 34 related-party interests; 35 dealing disclosure; 36 prohibited periods and tipping; 37 unlawful dealings, inside information and misleading statements. Binding within actual market and person scope; exchange controls specify operational conditions. Use current CMA naming, retaining SCA only in historical instrument titles. Licensed-capital-market-institution HR rules do not automatically govern every ordinary issuer.
Open official sourceOfficial current CMA rulebook marks the Guide in force; 2024 amendments where indicated. Art 31 confidentiality controls and insider declarations; 33 insider register and annual/change notifications; 36 related-party record; 37 transaction disclosure. Art 76 report requirements are separately cited. Binding only within the Guide’s issuer perimeter. Financial-free-zone and other exclusions require review. A 2025 consultation must not be treated as an enacted amendment without evidence.
Open official sourceJune 2026; comments deadline 15 July 2026. PDFp 3, paragraphs 6-8: proposed rules remain draft and should not be acted on before formal enactment. The legal database lists the item under consultations. Proposed, not binding. Track an actual enactment notice before relying on the proposals.
Open official sourceCurrent official operational page checked 18 October 2026. Section 32: controller notification without undue delay and, where feasible, within 72 hours. Current official FAQs confirm the unlikely-risk exception. Section 33 subject notification is a separate test. Use the authorised Online Registry route. Underlying regulation is binding within its scope. The 72-hour rule must not be copied into the federal or DIFC regime.
Open official source2024 framework; arrangements due 31 May 2025. Current official page and 30 April 2025 circular checked. Guidance section 9: proportionate arrangements for all entities. Section 10: written policies for FSRA entities, DNFBPs, DLT Foundations and Large Establishments. Large Establishments have the later applicable first-subsequent-year or 31 May 2025 timing. Mandatory within ADGM scope. Protected disclosures require relevant subject matter, good faith and specified recipients. Do not promise universal immunity or classify every ordinary grievance as a protected disclosure.
Open official sourceLaunched 7 April 2022; current official service page checked 18 October 2026. DFSA Regulated Entities require appropriate policies and procedures for regulatory concerns, confidentiality and protection against detriment. Listed scope includes Authorised Firms, Authorised Market Institutions, Registered Auditors and DNFBPs. Mandatory for the specified regulated-entity scope. Do not automatically classify a non-financial Reporting Entity as a Regulated Entity. Other employment or DIFC disclosure protections require their own analysis.
Open official source2025 edition; 31 PDF spreads containing 60 printed pages, archived. Printedpp 6-7 distinguish the voluntary guide from mandated sustainability reporting. Printedpp 42-43 (PDFp 22) contain social metrics S 1-S 8. The guide recommends 32 ESG metrics overall. Guidance rather than 32 universally mandatory fields. Social indicators cover compensation ratios, workforce/nationality, turnover, gender/pay, rights, safety, learning and community. Printed table labels contain numbering inconsistencies; preserve exact metric code and description rather than inferring from the row heading.
Open official sourceOfficial current CMA initiatives page checked 18 October 2026:2024 disclosure principles; 2025 draft climate-transition principles. The 2024 principles address sustainability-related disclosures for reporting entities. The 2025 transition-planning principles are expressly labelled draft. Principles and guidance. Check actual sector implementation and binding listing obligations separately; no universal IFRS S 1/S 2 mandate is inferred.
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