United Arab Emirates: Employer-paid health insurance to be mandatory nationwide

Employer Action Code: Monitor

The Cabinet of the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) recently announced that, starting in 2025, all private-sector employers will be required to provide their foreign employees with health insurance coverage. Employers in the emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai are already required to provide health insurance coverage for their foreign employees (as well as for dependents in Abu Dhabi); the newly…