The UAE Cabinet issued Resolution No. 1 of 1987 regarding the granting of a technical allowance to national engineers. The resolution sets conditions for an engineer to receive this allowance, including that the engineer must be on a full-time basis and may not engage in any external work except within the limits stipulated in Article 60, which requires the employee to obtain the minister's approval. The point of confusion and debate relates to the concept of external work, which is considered a prohibited activity punishable by law without the minister's permission. Are external works the economically licensed activities from the economic development departments in their three types (professional, such as law and engineering consulting; industrial and commercial) or are they activities of a functional nature, or both? To settle this debate, we wish to...
