Tina Turner: Tina!

By the time Tina Turner hung up her heels in 2000 after a 40-year career, her legendary pins had clocked up a fair few stage miles. At 60, she could claim album sales in the hundreds of millions, not to mention the highest ticket sales on record for a solo artist. But in 2008, a glimpse of life as a septuagenarian (plus a chat from her friend Oprah, apparently) was all it took for her to shake out her lion's mane once more and grab the mike for a 50th anniversary comeback tour. Tina!, released to support the tour, is enough to make you want to go and see her all over again. The collection of greatest hits and rare live recordings (plus two previously unreleased tracks) follows her career (in no particular order), from its roots as part of the Ike and Tina Turner Revue, to her solo rock hits of the Eighties and Nineties. River Deep-Mountain High and Nutbush City Limits were both ground-breaking hits of the 1960s and Seventies, while the power ballads We Don't Need Another Hero and Private Dancer have since become synonymous with her defiant, rock persona. But it is Turner's raw, hopeful voice that really defines her, and few are the people who haven't screamed "you're simply the best" into their hairbrushes at some point. Ignore the newer tracks (It Would be a Crime and I'm Ready), which add nothing to a consistent run of hits and Tina! shows why Turner still has plenty more stages to stomp before she's done with us.

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Spain: Niguez (47')

RESULTS

6.30pm Handicap (TB) $68,000 (Dirt) 1,200m

Winner Canvassed, Par Dobbs (jockey), Doug Watson (trainer)

7.05pm Meydan Cup – Listed Handicap (TB) $88,000 (Turf) 2,810m

Winner Dubai Future, Frankie Dettori, Saeed bin Suroor

7.40pm UAE 2000 Guineas – Group 3 (TB) $125,000 (D) 1,600m

Winner Mouheeb, Ryan Curatolo, Nicholas Bachalard

8.15pm Firebreak Stakes – Group 3 (TB) $130,000 (D) 1,600m

Winner Secret Ambition, Tadhg O’Shea, Satish Seemar

9.50pm Meydan Classic – Conditions (TB) $$50,000 (T) 1,400m

Winner Topper Bill, Richard Mullen, Satish Seemar

9.25pm Dubai Sprint – Listed Handicap (TB) $88,000 (T) 1,200m

Winner Man Of Promise, William Buick, Charlie Appleby

THE LIGHT

Director: Tom Tykwer

Starring: Tala Al Deen, Nicolette Krebitz, Lars Eidinger

Rating: 3/5

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What the law says

Micro-retirement is not a recognised concept or employment status under Federal Decree Law No. 33 of 2021 on the Regulation of Labour Relations (as amended) (UAE Labour Law). As such, it reflects a voluntary work-life balance practice, rather than a recognised legal employment category, according to Dilini Loku, senior associate for law firm Gateley Middle East.

“Some companies may offer formal sabbatical policies or career break programmes; however, beyond such arrangements, there is no automatic right or statutory entitlement to extended breaks,” she explains.

“Any leave taken beyond statutory entitlements, such as annual leave, is typically regarded as unpaid leave in accordance with Article 33 of the UAE Labour Law. While employees may legally take unpaid leave, such requests are subject to the employer’s discretion and require approval.”

If an employee resigns to pursue micro-retirement, the employment contract is terminated, and the employer is under no legal obligation to rehire the employee in the future unless specific contractual agreements are in place (such as return-to-work arrangements), which are generally uncommon, Ms Loku adds.