Dalmook Thani Al Muhairi, Director of Policy and Legal Affairs at FAHR indicated that the consulting team had dealt  with 543 cases of legal inquiry received from the ministries and independent federal authorities since the beginning of 2014 until the end of the third quarter of the year, primarily focusing  on the issues of housing allowance, appointment, end of service benefits, leaves, allowances and bonuses, workplace violations, breast-feeding hours, promotions, and performance management system.

He added that the team is studying the cases received from the staff of federal bodies and human resource and legal departments with respect to HR laws, regulations and policies in the Federal Government. The team aims to establish a unified standard in all matters relating to FAHR, as well as document legal principles in order to facilitate work procedures in the future.

The Federal Authority for Government Human Resources had formed the Legal Consulting Team in late 2010, to create a legal culture among the staff of ministries and federal bodies about HR legislation, policies and systems applied at the level of the Federal Government, by responding to inquiries and queries sent by the employees working for those entities.

Dalmook Muhairi, stressed the importance of facilitating communication between the ministries and federal bodies wishing to obtain legal advice, and  the Legal Consulting Team, and for this reason, FAHR has assigned several communication channels, including the Authority’s website (www.fahr.gov.ae), e-mail, toll-free telephone number: 600525524, official correspondence and fax number: 40/ 2953444