Dubai mothers to get maternity leave for 3 months

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Dubai mothers to get maternity leave for 3 months

Dubai - Abu Dhabi had revised maternity leave laws last year.

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Published: Wed 18 Jan 2017, 5:04 PM

Last updated: Wed 18 Jan 2017, 11:55 PM

Shaikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Crown Prince of Dubai, has approved the new maternity law granting Dubai government employees three months of paid maternity leave starting March 1, the Dubai Media Office announced on Twitter.

Dubai is now the third emirate to have recently revised its laws to give an extended maternity leave to mothers, after Abu Dhabi and Sharjah.

More details are awaited.


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