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cash flow and avoid risk created by the lack of clear obligation to accrue gratuity within the DIFC Employment Law. Recent developments via the Cabinet Decision may have increased the scope of applicability for alternative schemes, while the Amendment Law may have ensured that GCC nationals receive comparable end-of-service
benefits to their expatriate counterparts using DEWS and similar alternative schemes. The increasing availability of alternative schemes may demonstrate the UAE’s efforts towards attracting a greater number of retirees and encourage other countries in the GCC region to take similar steps towards introducing formal pension schemes.
Authors: Thenji Moyo and Dilini Loku
Thenji Moyo (Partner) Thenji Moyo is an award-winning lawyer who heads the Gateley legal employment practice and is a qualified specialist Partner advising on all U.A.E. and DIFC employment law. Having worked in the U.A.E. for over 10 years, Thenji advises numerous blue chips, multinational, regional, local and private clients from all industry sectors on complex legal issues.
Thenji was awarded the Employment Lawyer of the Year at the inaugural G.C.C. Lexis Nexis Women in Law Awards for her outstanding contributions to the legal industry. Thenji has a keen interest in uplifting diversity and inclusion in the workplace and was awarded the Equality Initiative of the Year at the first Lexis Nexis Women in Law Awards and the Middle East Legal Awards 2022. Dilini Loku (Senior Associate) Dilini is a UK-qualified lawyer who joined Gateley in 2023 as a senior associate for employment. With over a decade of experience, Dilini has advised various businesses on complex legal queries relating to employment and pensions law, ranging from start-ups to multinational companies. She has also provided guidance in relation to restructuring, reorganisation, redundancies, transfer of employees, global mobility solutions, senior executive appointments, and terminations. Dilini is well versed in all aspects of non-contentious employment law, as she has routinely advised on and drafted employment contracts, director service agreements, consultancy agreements, business protection agreements, non- disclosure agreements, employment policies, and procedures. She is also instructed on employee benefit design matters, with a particular focus on employee share option schemes.
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