Dubai's Bitcoin adoption is a step in the right direction for them, being a country that is a destination for tourism, it will encourage the crypto community to visit their country and spend money in cryptocurrency. This approval of Bitcoin payments in that country will encourage more people in Dubai, and other neighboring countries who are still skeptical about it to approve and encourage the use of Bitcoin. Although Bitcoin is volatile and not very appropriate for salary earners who needs to spend money on the short term because price can dip when they want sale or spend it but during bull run they will profit as it will yield returns on investment for them.

When I first came across this development, the first thought that came to my mind is on the issue of taxation, I wanted to ask how the tax deductions will be for workers receiving they salaries in cryptocurrency, in the Emirates.

But seeing your comment that the Emirates doesn't tax salaries, that sounds as a big relief indeed, and it indeed a good move to diversify workers salaries payments method in this manner,

Other countries will follow; it's just a matter of time. If they see that the need for their citizens to make use of crypto currency is increasing, they will be left with few options to accept it.
 
It's not something that anyone here can ask them to join; it's a matter of political decision and the rest of it, but with time, the number of countries that will be accepting crypto as a legal means of payment will increase.

Dubai is the newest country to adopt crypto as a means of salary payment. As far as I know, Argentina, Switzerland, and New Zealand have previously adopted crypto as a means of salary payment. Maybe in Asia it is the first country to adopt crypto as a means of salary payment, which is in line with Dubai's vision of becoming a global innovation center in blockchain technology. It is not surprising that the country is starting to accept crypto, especially since the country is very focused on the advancement of the digital era. This will indeed have an impact on widespread adoption and not only the business sector but also in the daily lives of the people in the country. Crypto sooner or later will not only be considered a speculative asset but also as a legal tender. Although there are challenges that must be faced such as the very high volatility of crypto prices that can affect the value received, it is important to make a transparent and clear agreement regarding the value at the time of payment.

We must not forget that this is not an official decision from the legislative institutions in the Emirates, but rather a ruling in a case based on evidence and facts.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dubai-court-ordering-company-pay-105717641.html

The judge did nothing but impose adherence to the terms of the contract concluded between the two parties to the dispute, but in fact he may have acted outside the scope of his authority since one of the terms of the contract between the employer and the employee does not have a legal framework regulating it. Perhaps another judge would have ruled the entire terms of the contract invalid on the grounds that it obliges the employer to pay in an unofficial currency that is not recognized. Let us imagine that the contract obligated the employer to pay in Russian rubles, for example, or in pesos? Given that they are not legal currencies, no law will allow them to be included in contracts and transactions. The same thing if there was any other unreasonable or ambiguous clause, this would assume the invalidity of all chapters of the contract. I do not know what legal juridictions this judge used to derive his ruling, but I cannot imagine that there are valid reasons other than that the contracting parties are required to respect the terms of the contract even if they are illegal or lack laws regulating them. Of course, this is rigid thinking and the issue should be raised for deeper and higher discussions in terms of legal reasoning methods on the one hand and preparing the way for the recognition of Bitcoin on the other hand.

Well, it's highly likely that employees will prefer fiat more than bitcoin as a salary payment due to volatility, but maybe out of 10 employees, there might be 1 employee who will prefer bitcoin most especially if he knows well about bitcoin. I guess in the long run, if bitcoin will be highly acknowledged in Dubai in the future, then receiving their salary will be based already on their own request or preference.

This country is indeed quite brave in making breakthroughs and they have even become a country that is quite popular with world tourists. Approving salary payments using bitcoin is a brave step because they understand the impact that will occur. But in terms of a community like ours, this is a big step that they have taken. It will be interesting to see how in the future this country will try to implement something beyond the limits of people's thinking abilities because honestly not everyone understands bitcoin completely.

It is quite clear that it will have a positive impact on bitcoin especially in the country because people are starting to be open about further adoption and with the approval of salary payments using bitcoin it will make investors more open to developing their businesses in the country. The big effect that will be faced by the crypto industry in particular will get room to grow there even though it remains in compliance with the applicable rules.

At least this is a good start for the country and I am sure neighboring countries will try to consider this. If Dubai dares to make this breakthrough, it is possible that other countries close to them will consider this option.

Provably fiat would be preferable since there's no people with zero knowledge about bitcoin is willing to accept this asset especially if they know how volatile this coin. Provably they get worried about if there's a huge decrease of their salary if price of bitcoin dump by the time they receive their salary.

But although this one has been implemented hopefully they didn't force their employee to receive bitcoin, but rather they give them an option to choose on what they want to receive either bitcoin or fiat. But for sure it will take time for people to digest this new form of payment implemented to them. Although this is really a good start for them since by doing this initiative it somehow introduce bitcoin to a lot of people in their country.

That's a great news for citizens of Dubai as this would enable them to invest in bitcoin directly.
Although Dubai has approved bitcoin for salary payments it might be difficult to find companies which are willing to pay salaries in bitcoin.
Not all companies are interested in paying bitcoins but still it's a good move from the Dubai government.