Minimum retirement age in UAE is now 49

 The minimum retirement age in the UAE for Emirati employees who resign will be 49 as of February 28, the General Pension and Social Security Authority announced on Saturday.

In accordance with the amendment of the UAE federal pension law for 2007, which stipulated increasing the retirement age to 50 and applying it gradually for employees who reach the age of 40, the age of retirement in the UAE will now be 49 for Emirati employees who resign with effect from February 28 provided that employees must have served at least 20 years in service in order to be eligible for pension, the authority said during at a workshop hosted by the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority,

The workshop was presented by Mouza Al Daheri, Director of Subscription Department at the Authority, Fidaa Abu Rumman, Legal Consultant and Khalifa Al Falasi, Acting Director of Dubai Operations Centre. It was attended by heads of departments and other employees of the Dubai Civil Aviation authority.

Abu Rumman, highlighted the importance of such workshops that raise employees awareness of the UAE federal pension law. She urged Human resource departments that are included in the law to make sure that all conditions that entitle the insured person for pension are available.

She said that the authority had issued a circular to private and public sectors, which are included in the federal Law No 7 of 1999 for pension and social security.

There were many cases in which an employee had terminated their services by resignation just because they were eligible for pension as they had completed 20 years of service without taking into consideration their age. She clarified that minimum retirement age is now 49 years and the employee must complete 20 years of service to claim pension.

For her part, Al Daheri said that there is a difference between being eligible for pension and its due time. Completing 20 years of service does not entitle insured employees for pension in case they resign before the age of 49.