Now, this is going to be something to soothe recession related tension expats are facing these days. As Arabian Business reports, the six-month labor ban in Dubai may be revised or scrapped altogether. The move comes in the wake of thousands of expatriates losing their jobs in Dubai due to tough economic conditions. Currently, employees [...]
Six Month Labor Ban Maybe Scrapped
March 2nd, 2009 | by Dubai Dude | published in Business in Dubai, Living in Dubai
Emirati Job Seekers Welcome Ban To Sack Locals
February 20th, 2009 | by Dubai Dude | published in Business in Dubai, Living in Dubai
Emirati job seekers, apparently low in skills and confidence to compete against the expatriate professionals, have welcome the recent law by Ministry of Labour that has banned private employers from sacking their Emirati employees. Gulf News has some quotes: Ali Al Hashemi, a 22 year old Emirati job seeker who studied electromechanical engineering: “It’s important [...]
Private Employers Cannot Sack Emiratis, Law Passed
February 18th, 2009 | by Dubai Dude | published in Business in Dubai, Living in Dubai
The Ministry of Laboure has passed a regulation, virtually banning the termination of UAE nationals from private sector. The sacking of Emiratis will be unlawful if: – the worker has not violated the labour law. – expatriates are doing the same job that the sacked Emirati used to do. The company will have to notify [...]
Law to ban private sector companies from sacking Emiratis
February 15th, 2009 | by Dubai Dude | published in Business in Dubai, Living in Dubai
It has now been confirmed that what was quoted by Dubai Police Chief was not a mis-interpretation, as suggested by some media articles, but something that has been considered to be implemented as a Law in Dubai. Gulf News reports that the National Human Resource Development and Employment Authority (Tanmia) has submitted a draft proposal [...]
Job Cuts in Dubai are for the Expats only
February 13th, 2009 | by Dubai Dude | published in Business in Dubai, Living in Dubai
It is an unspoken law, an informal policy, that only expats should be fired from their jobs in Dubai. Strange it may seems, but it is infact, a stark reality. Recently, Al Futtaim Group fired 20 Emiratis on the ground of restructing the company in light of global recession. According to the official word, all [...]
In one month 3,000 Filipinos in UAE lost their jobs
December 18th, 2008 | by Dubai Dude | published in Business in Dubai, Living in Dubai
About 3,000 Filipinos out of the 300,000 in the UAE lost their jobs in one month because of the global financial crisis, according Marianito D. Roque, Philippines Secretary of Labour. The real estate, architecture, design engineering and marketing sectors were the hardest hit. This compares well against 6,050 new job contracts approved for the same [...]