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As part of an integrated program to facilitate the access of workers to justice Abu Dhabi Judicial Department Organizes Awareness Lecture for 400 Employees in a Plan to educate 100 Thousand during Zayed's Year Abu Dhabi, February 19, 2018 In a Plan to educate 100 Thousand workers during the events held in Zayed's Year, The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department has organized a legal awareness lecture in the labor village of Al Dhafra in the industrial city of Abu Dhabi, which was attended by about 400 workers from different nationalities. Ahmed Al Marzouqi, Director of Support and Internal Operations at Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, stressed that the department operates under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs and Head of the Judicial Department, according to an integrated program aimed at facilitating workers' access to justice and obtaining their rights guaranteed by the law in line with international human rights standards, which is considered by the Department to be the pillars of achieving economic, social and security stability in the society, thus strengthening the Emirate of Abu Dhabi competitiveness globally, and the vision of the Government of Abu Dhabi 2020. He also added that the program includes many initiatives, in which the "one- day court" is the most important, and provides legal assistance to workers such as legal advice and exemption from judicial fees and expenses. He also pointed out that the achievement of the objectives of these initiatives requires, by necessity, effective communication with the category of workers and awareness of the rights guaranteed by law in the UAE, in addition to acquainting them with the facilities and services provided by the Department. On the other hand, Al-Marzouqi explained that the awareness lecture attended by the workers in the village of Al-Dhafra was in Arabic, English and Urdu, and provided an extensive explanation on the legal provisions guaranteeing the rights of the labor in the UAE. The most important of these are the Labor Code, which specifies the relationship between the worker and the employer, the rights and duties of the worker, the prohibitions that are avoided so as not to fall under the legal responsibility. The lecture also included interactive questions, organizing competitions and distributing prizes to encourage participants to interact and achieve the desired goals by reaching a large segment of the target audience and conveying the awareness message in the appropriate manner. As well as, answer all the questions and inquiries provided by the workers, which focused on how to calculate labor entitlements and leave, and the complaint mechanism.