Monday 28 December 2015

U.A.E Revoke Six Month Labour Ban from January 2016

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Effective from January 2016, there will be no six months ban if services
are terminated in mutual agreement between the employer and employee.
UAE Ministry of Labor has confirmed that the ban of six months will be
cancelled beginning January if the work permit and employment are
terminated in mutual agreement.The Ministry of Labour said that
beginning January 2016, it will revoke
the six months ban rule, if employee and employer opt for mutual
termination of work permit.
The new rule is part of the new
resolutions issued by Labour Minister Saqr Ghobash Saeed Ghobash in
September.However, workers in grade IV and V who have not completed six
months with the first job are exempted from this rule, he added
According
to the Ministry, employees will be allowed new work permits to join
another facility immediately, even if the employee has not completed two
years at the first facility.
The ministry has completed procedures for implementation of the resolutions beginning next year, the report added.
Humaid
Rashid bin Dimas Al Suwaidi, Assistant Undersecretary at Ministry of
Labour, told Al Bayan that under the new resolution, employees who end
their service in agreement with the establishments and cancel their work
permits will be allowed to move to other establishments, even if they
have not completed two years at the workplace.
However, workers in
levels IV and V who have not completed six months with the first
facility are exempted from this rule, he added.
Al Suwaidi said that
currently workers who terminate their service through consensus and have
completed two years are also not allowed to move to another facility
immediately. They are allowed to join another job only after a period of
six months from the date of cancellation of the work permit, he added.
As
per the new resolution No. 766 of 2015 workers will be granted new work
permits immediately beginning January, explained Al Suwaidi and added
that this is so as long as both the parties fulfill the conditions
agreed upon in the labour contract signed between them.

Al
Suwaidi confirmed that the new Ministry rule aims to attract and retain
talent, and is in line with the strategic goal of the government to
being a knowledge-based economy attracting global talent.
He said the
ministry aims to promote workers from within the country rather than
bringing them from abroad, especially people with expertise.
Al
Suwaidi said last year 340,000 workers who ended their service at one
job could not get new work permits because they had not completed two
years and the labour market thus could not benefit from experiences and
skills.