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Employing a UAE national? Be conscious of pension obligations
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Emily Daly Stephenson Harwood
Emily Daly is an associate at Stephenson Harwood

Since 2022, the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s Emiratisation programme has placed certain obligations on employers operating on the UAE mainland. Namely, those with 50+ employees must increase the number of UAE nationals they employ by 2% each year, and those with 20-49 employees must employ one UAE national each calendar year.