Yemen is situated in the southwest corner of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia from the north and Oman from the east. It shares maritime borders with Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia. Aden in the south dominates Bab Al-Mandab, an important strategic strait which joins the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The Republic of Yemen was formed in May 1990 as a result of the unification of the Yemen Arab Republic in the north and the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen in the south. Yemen is a republican state with a bicameral legislature

The Legal Framework    The primary law that regulates employment relationships in Yemen is Labour Law No (5) of 1995 as amended in April 2008 (“Labour Law).  This Labour Law is designed to operate more as a safeguard for an employee engaged in such relationship be it deemed the weaker party. For instance, one of the main characteristics of this Labour Law is that it sets the baseline of employees’ rights in a manner that cannot be contractually waived or derogated unless where such derogation aims to grant additional rights beyond those outlined in the Labour Law.  Further, any ambiguity