Employment Contract for ADGM Employees

Document Summary

This employment contract records the terms and conditions governing the employer-employee relationship in Abu Dhabi Global Market. It covers all clauses mandated by the ADGM Employment Regulations including but not limited to leaves, remuneration, termination notices, and working hours.

Description

This employment contract is drafted in accordance with ADGM Employment Regulations 2019.

According to section 1 of the ADGM Employment Regulations 2019, an employer is permitted to apply more favorable terms and conditions to the employee than the terms and conditions required by the ADGM Employment Regulations.

This document is only available in the English language.

This Employment Contract contains the following sections:

1. Definitions And Interpretation
2. Conditions
3. Appointment And Term
4. Hours Of Employment
5. Probationary Period
6. Place Of Employment
7. Salary And Allowances
8. Discretionary Bonus
9. Private Medical Insurance
10. Life Insurance
11. Vacation Leave
12. Sick Leave and Sick Pay
13. Outside Interests
14. Conflict of Interest
15. Company Policies
16. Intellectual Property
17. Non-Compete
18. Non-Solicitation
19. Non-Interference; non-Disparagement
20. Confidentiality/Non-Disclosure
21. General Provisions Relating to Restrictive Covenants
22. Termination
23. End of Service Benefits
24. Repatriation
25. Notices
26. Entire Agreement
27. Amendments
28. Severability
29. Miscellaneous
30. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

Schedule 1 – Prior Inventions

Schedule 2 – Compensation and Benefits

Jurisdiction

This document is intended for use in the ADGM.

Before Execution

• The information on this front page or contained in the headers and footers of this instrument are for guidance purposes only.
• Please delete this front page together with the information contained in the headers, footers and the endnotes prior to circulating this letter. Where square brackets […] and highlights are used in the document, it indicates that there is missing or incomplete information which will need to be incorporated prior to signature.
• Please remove the square brackets and all highlighting prior to signature.

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