Federal Law Promulgating the Pensions and Social Security Law

Federal Law No. (7) of 1999 Promulgating the Pensions and Social Security Law

Issued Date: 16 Feb 1999
Effective Date: 28 Apr 1999
Official Gazette Date: 28 Feb 1999
Official Gazette No: 331
Legislation State: Active
Regulation Table: 1
Legislation Amendments: 3
Last update on this law was listed on 02 Oct 2023

Preamble (preview):
We, Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates,
- Having taken cognizance of the Constitution, and
- Federal Law No. (1) of 1972 regarding the jurisdictions of Ministries and powers of Ministers, and
- Federal Law No. (17) of 1972 regarding Nationality and Passports and its amending laws, and
- Federal Law No. (8) of 1973 regarding the Civil Service in the Federal Government, and its amendin... [preview truncated]
- Federal Law No. (13) of 1974 regarding Pensions & Retirement Bonuses for Employees and Civil Serva... [preview truncated]
- Federal Law No. (14) of 1974 regarding the Pensions & Retirement Bonuses of the Prime Minister, Hi... [preview truncated]
- Federal Law No. (7) of 1976 regarding Establishment of the State Audit Institution, and
- Federal Law No. (8) of 1980 regarding Organization of Labour Relations, and
- Federal Law No. (2) of 1982 regarding Determination of Pensions for Members of the National Federa... [preview truncated]
- Federal Law No. (1) of 1984 regarding Retirement Pensions and Bonuses for Nationals Employed by In... [preview truncated]
- According to what was submitted by the Minister of Finance and the approval of the Council of Mini... [preview truncated]
Promulgated the following Law:

Enacting Articles (1-8) Preview:
Article (1): The provisions of the attached law regarding Pensions & Social Security shall be put into force.
Article (2): This law shall replace the aforementioned Federal Laws Nos.: (13) of 1974, (14) of 1974, (2) of 1983... [preview truncated] The private sector employers and their national employees, who are not subject to other pension and... [preview truncated]
Article (3): The Authority shall set up the executive rules and conditions for the benefiting from this Law by em... [preview truncated]
Article (3) BIS: The Authority shall establish the executive rules of applying the provisions of "regulation of exten... [preview truncated]
Article (4): Without prejudice to the provisions of Article (20) of the attached Law, the pensions of the insured... [preview truncated]
Article (5): The regulations and decisions, issued in implementation of the provisions of the laws stated in Arti... [preview truncated]
Article (6): The Minister of Finance and Industry shall issue the regulations and decisions necessary for impleme... [preview truncated]
Article (7): Each provision violating or contradicting with the provisions of this law shall be cancelled.
Article (8): This law shall be published in the official Gazette and it shall be put into force after two months... [preview truncated]

PART ONE: DEFINITIONS
Article (1): Definitions -- terms include: State; Authority (General Authority for Pensions and Social Insurance); Board of Directors; Employer; The Insured; Subscription Period; Pensioner; Pensioning off age; Pension; The deserving person; The term of service; Work injury; Work related disease; The Injured; The patient; Total disability; Partial Disability; Natural death; The concerned medical Committee; The Subscription Account Salary; The pension account salary.
Preview: "The United Arab Emirates The General Authority for Pensions and Social Insurance The Board of Direc..." [preview truncated]

PART TWO: SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THE INSURED PERSONS
Article (2): Contributions for the insured include the following: 1. The monthly contributions paid by the insure... [preview truncated]

PART THREE
Article (3): The calculation of the Security subscription period shall include the period of service stated in th... [preview truncated]
Article (4): The following periods which the insured person requests their inclusion shall be added to the curren... [preview truncated]
Article (5): To add the terms of service referred to in the previous article, the following conditions must be me... [preview truncated]
Article (6): The service period, prior to benefiting from he provisions of this Law in respect of citizens employ... [preview truncated]
Article (7): If, during his service with the bodies subject to this law, the person acquires the nationality of t... [preview truncated]
Article (8): Employers who are committed to better end of service bonus systems shall bear the excess value of th... [preview truncated]
Article (9): Subscriptions shall be payable for the following periods according to the rules and provisions shown... [preview truncated]
Article (10): a. The subscriptions paid by the employer in the private sector and those which are deducted from th... [preview truncated]
Article (11): 1. The employer in the private sector must submit to the Authority in January of each year details o... [preview truncated]
Article (12): The private sector employer must register his employees who are subject to the provisions of this La... [preview truncated]
Article (13): Subscriptions are payable at the beginning of the month following the maturity month. However, they... [preview truncated]
Article (14): The employer shall undertake to pay his share and that of the insured person in the subscriptions du... [preview truncated]
Article (15): The private sector employer who does not deduct subscriptions from all or some of his employees, or... [preview truncated]
Article (16): The pension shall be payable in the following cases: 1. End of the service of the insured person bec... [preview truncated]
Article (17): The insured person may request to buy a considerable term of service to be added to the actual term... [preview truncated]
Article (18): If a court decision is issued considering the insured person missing, the persons entitled on behalf... [preview truncated]
Article (19): If the insured service is terminated due to death or total disability as a result of a work-related... [preview truncated]
Article (20): The pension shall be computed on monthly basis at the rate of 60% of the pension account salary for... [preview truncated]
Article (21): Without violating the provisions of article No (19) of this Law, (10%) shall be deducted from the en... [preview truncated]
Article (22): In the computation of the subscription period, the part of the month shall be considered one whole m... [preview truncated]
Article (23): In the Government sector, the pension of the insured person who is in Grade Four of the Third Link a... [preview truncated]
Article (24): The minimum share of those entitled on behalf of the insured person shall be as follows: - 800 Dirah... [preview truncated]
Article (25): The insured person's right to pension shall commence on the day following termination of his service... [preview truncated]
Article (26): Without prejudice to the provisions of the following Articles, the right to pension shall be transfe... [preview truncated]
Article (27): If the wife dies or marries on or after the death of the insured person or pensioner, her share shal... [preview truncated]
Article (28): If the sons and daughters of the son lose their father to death while his father is still alive and... [preview truncated]
Article (29): The son's pension shall cease when he reaches the age of twenty one and, nonetheless, the pension sh... [preview truncated]
Article (30): The widow's pension shall cease at her marriage and the pension of the daughter or sister shall ceas... [preview truncated]
Article (31): If the daughter, sister or mother becomes a widow and if the son or brother becomes unable to earn a... [preview truncated]
Article (32): The father shall be entitled to a share in his dead son's pension if they were dependent on him when... [preview truncated]
Article (33): The brothers and sisters shall be entitled to a share in the dead person's pension so long as they w... [preview truncated]
Article (34): The mother shall be entitled to a share in her dead son's pension if she is a widow or divorced or h... [preview truncated]
Article (35): The pensioner may not combine two pensions from the Authority, and in case he deserves two pensions,... [preview truncated]
Article (36): By way of exception from the provisions prohibiting the combination of two pensions, or the pension... [preview truncated]
Article (37): 1. In case of withholding the pension wholly or partially from one of the pensioner's children for a... [preview truncated]

PART FOUR: END OF SERVICE BONUS
Article (38): The insured person who is not entitled to a pension at the end of his service according to the foreg... [preview truncated]
Article (39): The insured person shall be entitled to a bonus at the rate of one-and-a-half month's salary for eve... [preview truncated]
Article (40): In the computation of the period of subscription to the security system the part of the month shall... [preview truncated]
Article (41): The computation of the bonus shall be made according to the salary of the pension account With regar... [preview truncated]
Article (42): In case of death of the insured person, the bonus due to him for his service period shall be paid to... [preview truncated]

PART FIVE: PENSIONS OF THE PRIME MINISTER, HIS DEPUTY & THE MINISTERS
Article (43): The prime Minister, his deputy and the ministers shall be entitled, at the end of the service in the... [preview truncated]
Article (44): If the Prime Minister, his deputy or the minister remains in the ministerial post for two years, the... [preview truncated]
Article (45): If a former minister is appointed in any post governed by the provisions of this Law, he shall be pe... [preview truncated]
Article (46): Without prejudice to the provisions stated in this Part, the provisions of this Law shall apply with... [preview truncated]

PART SIX: PENSIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL
Article (47): The Chairman and the two deputies of the Chairman as well as the two controllers and members of the... [preview truncated]
Article (48): If the Chairman, the two deputies, the two controllers or the member of the Federal National Council... [preview truncated]
Article (49): If the membership is terminated due to health unfitness or death, the insured person or those entitl... [preview truncated]
Article (50): It is permissible for the president, his deputies, the observer and the member of the Federal Nation... [preview truncated]
Article (51): The salary of the subscription account determined for each of the Chairman and the two chairman depu... [preview truncated]
Article (52): Without prejudice to the provisions stated in this Part, the provisions of this Law shall apply with... [preview truncated]
Article (53): The provisions of this Part shall apply to the former Chairman and former members of the federal Nat... [preview truncated]

PART SEVEN: LAPSE OR SUSPENSION OF THE RIGHT TO PENSION OR BONUS
Article (54): The insured person or pensioner must not be deprived of the pension or bonus except by a disciplinar... [preview truncated]
Article (55): On the death of the insured person or pensioner who is awarded a disciplinary judgment depriving him... [preview truncated]
Article (56): The insured person or pensioner who loses the nationality of the State or from whom it is withdrawn,... [preview truncated]
Article (57): Every pension or bonus whose owner or the person entitled on behalf of him fail to come forward to c... [preview truncated]

PART EIGHT: PUNISHMENTS
Article (58): Without prejudice to any severer punishment provided for by any other law, the punishments provided... [preview truncated]
Article (59): Every person who intentionally provides incorrect details or who deliberately refrains from furnishi... [preview truncated]
Article (60): Every employer in the private sector who is subject to the provisions of this Law shall be punished... [preview truncated]
Article (61): All fines and amounts adjudicated for violation of the provisions of this Law shall be property of t... [preview truncated]
Article (61) BIS: The authority personnel designated by the resolution of the Minister of Justice by agreement with th... [preview truncated]

PART NINE: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article (62): The Council of Ministers shall have the right to grant exceptional pensions or increments in pension... [preview truncated]
Article (63): Subject to the provisions of article (36) of this law, if the pensioner is returned to service by an... [preview truncated]
Article (64): On the death of the pensioner an amount equal to the pension due to him for the month of his death a... [preview truncated]
Article (65): If the insured person's service terminated by reason of natural death, his successors shall be paid,... [preview truncated]
Article (66): If the insured person dies of a work injury, his successors shall be entitled to a compensation amou... [preview truncated]
Article (67): 1. The provisions of Article (66) of this Law shall not jeopardize the right of the insured person o... [preview truncated]
Article (68): In case of suspension or termination of pension, the pension due for the month in which the reason f... [preview truncated]
Article (69): The insured persons in whose respect Federal decrees are issued ordering their treatment in their po... [preview truncated]
Article (70): Every employer shall maintain books and records and shall submit to the Authority the lists, details... [preview truncated]
Article (71): Every employer shall establish for every insured person a special file for retirement wherein he sha... [preview truncated]
Article (72): The employer in the private sector must pay to the Authority the end of service bonus which is due t... [preview truncated]
Article (73): The age of the insured person must not be less than eighteen years and must not exceed sixty years a... [preview truncated]
Article (74): The Authority shall have the right to deduct the amounts which might have been unlawfully paid to th... [preview truncated]
Article (75): The dissolution, liquidation, shutting down, bankruptcy or merger of any authority which is subject... [preview truncated]
Article (76): The retirement pensions and bonuses paid under this Law shall be exempted from all taxes and charges... [preview truncated]
Article (77): The amounts paid to the Authority under the provisions of this Law shall have right of preference ov... [preview truncated]
Article (78): The cases lodged by the Authority, the insured persons or those entitled on behalf of them under the... [preview truncated]
Article (79): The periods provided for in this Law shall be calculated as per the Gregorian calendar.