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UAE Labour Law (Decree-Law 33/2021)

Article 66: Adopted Language

1. Arabic shall be the language adopted in all records, files, data, forms, and others stipulated in this Decree by law, its Executive Regulation and the resolutions issued in implementation thereof.

2. The Employer is obligated to use Arabic in concluding contracts with Workers, and in writing and publishing instructions and circulars that he is obligated to issue; provided that, besides Arabic, another language understood by the non-Arabic speaking Worker shall be used, and the text in the other language shall match the Arabic text, and in the event case of dispute, the Arabic text shall prevail.

Official English translation from the UAE Legislation portal. For interpretation and application, the original Arabic text prevails.