DUBAI, UAE – The UAE highlighted the significance of complying with international work standards and developing partnerships that empower countries to overcome the future challenges of the labor markets across the globe.
The UAE said that it is critical to guaranteeing the rights of employers and employees alike.
Dr. Abdulrahman Al Awar, UAE Minister of Human Resources and Emiratization, said training to advance the employees’ skills is critical to enhance their contribution to sustainable development efforts and create more job opportunities.
Al Awar’s made these comments during his address at the G-20 Labor and Employment Ministers’ meeting in Bali, Indonesia recently.
During the meeting, participants discussed priority employment-related policies and social issues to develop policies to create more job opportunities, reduce unemployment and empower women.
The minister, who led the UAE delegation at the meeting, said fortifying international cooperation is an urgent necessity of protecting employees across the globe and safeguarding their health and safety.
He said it would also help in addressing unemployment and reducing unbalanced employment relations, inequality and discrimination that employees may be exposed to.
He called for establishing a modern and flexible regulatory and legislative environment for the job market, which “would enable business owners to adapt to global economic changes.”
Al Awar thanked Indonesia for inviting the UAE to participate at the G-20 Labor and Employment Ministers’ meeting, adding that he is looking forward to studying member countries’ policies of developing global, comprehensive and fair employment policies that focus on the human element.
He also thanked India, which will hold 2023’s presidency of G-20 for inviting the UAE to participate in the upcoming meeting.
“The G-20 helps refine those policies, to benchmark the work that we do and identify others with whom we can build constructive and mutually beneficial partnerships,” he said.
Al Awar highlighted the speed of the UAE’s recovery and its overcoming of the COVID-19 repercussions, which “stems from the clear and insightful vision of the wise leadership of our country in dealing with it, and the effective health, preventive, economic and social programs, the presence of a young workforce and an advanced digital infrastructure.”
He said, “The UAE has recently introduced several new policies focused on addressing the rapidly changing challenges facing the labor market, including the Federal Decree Law No. 33 of 2021, regulating employment relationships for all establishments, employers and employees in the private sector.”
He added, “We have leveraged the power of technology to ensure that People of Determination can participate effectively in the economy.”
Al Awar said, “We have built online platforms to encourage lifelong learning and implemented a new insurance-based unemployment scheme coming into force as of early January 2023, designed to protect those most vulnerable to an economic shock, while maintaining the talent pool available to our private sector.”
The G-20 is a crucial forum for international economic cooperation and includes leaders from all continents.
It plays a strategic role in promoting global economic growth and future prosperity, as members represent over 80 percent of global GDP and 75 percent of international trade, with approximately 60 percent of the world’s population living in the member countries.
The G-20 Labor and Employment Ministers’ meeting discusses matters related to general policy for the member countries and the world, such as promoting women’s employment, gender equality in the labor market, work patterns in the age of digitalization, social security systems, facilitating the transition and preparation of youth from education to the employment.
This year, Indonesia held the presidency under the theme “Recover Together, Recover Stronger”.
It addressed priority issues, such as global health, digital transformation and sustainable energy transition, to encourage a balanced recovery of the global economy, a stable and resilient monetary and fiscal ecosystem and create an inclusive and sustainable foundation for growth.