Unmarried woman can apply for maternity leave in...

The new UAE Labor Law stipulates the right of a pregnant woman to obtain a pregnancy leave
It was not required that the woman be married or unmarried, and if the employer refuses to grant you this leave, you can submit a complaint to the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation.
Here is the text of the UAE Labor Law, related to your inquiry:
(Article 30)
maternity leave
A female worker is entitled to a maternity leave of (60) sixty days as follows:
• The first forty-five days with full pay.
(15) fifteen days after that with half wage.
The female worker, after exhausting her maternity leave, may stop working without pay for a period not exceeding (45) five
Forty days, continuous or intermittent, if this interruption was due to a disease that afflicted her or her child as a result of pregnancy
Or the birth and does not enable her to return to her work, and the illness is proven by a medical certificate issued by the medical authority, and no
This period is included in the service period for which the female worker is entitled to the end of service gratuity or the subscription period
In the retirement system in accordance with the legislation in force in this regard.
The female worker is entitled to the maternity leave mentioned in Clause No. (1) of this Article, if the delivery took place after six (6) six months.
months or more of pregnancy, whether the fetus was born dead or was born alive and then died.
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For a female worker, if she has a sick or disabled child “people of determination”, and his health condition requires an escort
Continuing, according to a medical report issued by the medical authority, he is entitled to a 30-day leave with full pay starting
After the maternity leave period has expired, she has the right to extend the leave for a period of thirty (30) days without pay.
The employer shall grant the female worker maternity leave whenever she requests it at any time starting from the last day of the month.
Immediately preceding the month in which the delivery is expected, and this is proven by a certificate from the medical authority.
The employee’s obtaining the maternity or interruption leave referred to in this article does not prejudice her right to obtain
on other vacations.
If a working woman works for another employer during the period of her leave authorized in this article, the employer may
The original work, to deprive her of her wages for the period of the leave, or to recover what was paid to her.
A female worker’s service may not be terminated or warned of this because of pregnancy, or because she has obtained maternity leave or is interrupted.
from working in accordance with the provisions of this Article.
After returning from maternity leave, a female worker is entitled to a period not exceeding (6) six months from the date of delivery, a period or
Two rest periods per day to breastfeed her child, provided that the duration of the two periods does not exceed an hour.