Ministry of Labour (Arab Union)

The Ministry of Labour (Arabic: وزارة العمل wuzārat al-‘amal) is a federal ministry of the Council of Ministers of the Arab Union. It is primarily responsible for supervising and granting permits to corporations and other commercial operations, as well as ensuring all workplaces are following safe work and fair treatment policies. The Ministry of Labour also administers a federal benefits regime for workers injured by employer malpractice and/or negligence.

The incumbent Minister of Labour of the Arab Union is Sufian Abu Zaida, in office since March 2017.

Subordinate agencies
The following directorates and agencies carry out particular functions on behalf of the Ministry of Labour, each director or director–general immediately answerable to the Minister of Labour.


 * Commercial Accreditation Authority: The relevant authority which grants business licenses, and with which a business must register, at the federal level of government; the great majority of businesses in the Arab Union, however, rather than being incorporated federally, are instead incorporated at the republican level in one or more republics, by the Ministries of Economic Development of republican executive governments.
 * Labour Safety Regulation Directorate: Responsible for creating and normalising workplace safety standards across all facets of the economy, and ensuring all businesses meet this standard.
 * Workplace Injury Benefits Directorate: Provides financial compensation and other assistance as needed to medical victims of workplace accidents.
 * Claims Investigation Commission: Responsible for investigating new workplace injury claims, including collaborating with the relevant republican and private corporate organisations to further the transparency of the claim; the commission approves or denies claims, while its larger bureaucratic Benefits Directorate simply administers financial and other benefits for approved claimants; this program only exists at the federal level, so all types of workers access this regime;
 * All-Union Central Statistics: The primary federal statistics and information-gathering and processing orgsnisation, responsible for routine matters like counting unemployment figures to specialist counts such as vital statistics. Births and deaths are recorded by republican Ministries of Interior.