What is DIFC?
DIFC stands for Dubai International Financial Centre.
DIFC is a Dubai financial free zone with its own employment law, DIFC Employment Law No. 2 of 2019, which applies instead of the federal UAE Labour Law.
DIFC explained
Employers registered in DIFC are outside MOHRE's mainland regime. Employment terms, end-of-service provision, leave and termination follow DIFC Employment Law rather than Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021.
The most significant practical difference is end-of-service: DIFC replaced traditional gratuity with DEWS, a funded workplace savings scheme requiring monthly employer contributions.
Groups operating both a DIFC entity and a mainland entity run two employment regimes at once, which is why single-jurisdiction HR systems tend to break at this boundary.
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