His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al
Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has issued Cabinet
Resolution No. 52 of 2018 on regulations concerning Federal Law No. 03 of 2016
on Child Rights (Wadeema's Law). The Resolution was published in the latest
issue of the Official Gazette.
The regulations included 23 clauses, including
conditions for employing and training minors, workplace
conditions, procedures to report child rights violations, conditions to become
child welfare officers (child protection specialists), and conditions and
obligations foster families must meet.
The regulations also stipulate that the
Ministry of Community Development, in coordination with the Ministry of Human
Resources and Emiratisation, shall study, with due care, applications submitted
to employ minors, with the condition that written
consent from the parent or the legal guardian of the minor is provided. It
details that minors less than 15 years of
age cannot be granted employment and that
minors that meet the minimum age requirements must also be deemed "fit to
work" as per conditions determined by the two ministries.
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