The Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAHR) of United Arab Emirates is working to standardize the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) and sharing information for development of guidelines and standards. The Federal Authority for Government Human Resources has been established in the United Arab Emirates as per Federal Decree Law # 11 for the year 2008 regarding Human Resources issued by His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of United Arab Emirates. The Authority is aiming to develop Human Resources in Government Sector based on the modern concepts and International criteria applied in the field of Human Resources Management.

In particular the Authority is assuming studying and giving proposals of policies and legislation related to Human Resources at the Government level and assisting Ministries to carry out correct execution of the legislation related to Human Resources and ensure that Ministries are obliged with the provisions of this Decree Law and the Rules issued in execution thereof and to consider objections on the resolutions of Grievance Committee and any other specialization assigned to it by the Cabinet.

For more information about the FAHR and information about standards please visit the website: (https://www.fahr.gov.ae)