Dubai : No more ban stamps in expats passports

Dubai: Passports of expatriates barred by the Ministry of Labour from working in the UAE will no longer get a ban stamp, a circular issued by the ministry said.

According to the circular issued on July 17, expatriates sanctioned with a one- year work ban will only be registered in the ministry's database.An official at the Labour Relations Department said that having the ban stamped on one's passport was deemed "uncivilised."

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UAE : Expat secretaries to be allowed new positions

Dubai: Expatriate secretaries will be able to continue working for their employers as long as the title and nature of their positions are adjusted, said a senior labour official.Dr Khalid Al Khazraji, Undersecretary of Labour, said that although secretarial positions were to be emiratised, employers were being given the option to keep their former expatriate secretaries as long as they were given alternative positions.

"There is a need for flexibility in implementing the rules. The idea is to encourage companies to employ UAE nationals," he said. However, he added that secretarial positions were exclusively reserved for UAE nationals.

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Dubai : No more ban stamps in expats passports

By Abbas Al Lawati and Wafa Issa, Gulf News Staff Reporters

Dubai: Passports of expatriates barred by the Ministry of Labour from working in the UAE will no longer get a ban stamp, a circular issued by the ministry said. According to the circular issued on July 17, expatriates sanctioned with a one- year work ban will only be registered in the ministry's database.

An official at the Labour Relations Department said that having the ban stamped on one's passport was deemed "uncivilised."

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UAE bans expatriates from secretarial jobs

ABU DHABI - The UAE has announced a ban on issuing employment visas to expatriate male/female secretaries. The ban also applies to more than 20,000 expatriates working at present in secretarial jobs.

Their labour contracts and cards will not be renewed once expired, according to a ministerial order issued on Saturday by Dr. Ali Abdullah Al Kaabi, Minister of Labour. In a related development, the Ministry of Labour has given all private companies in the country a grace period of 18 months to replace all their expatriate Human Resources Managers with Emiratis.

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UAE: 14 exemptions for labour fines

Dubai: The Labour Minister in a new Ministerial decision listed 14 exemptions to the Cabinet decision on fines regarding labour permits.

The decision, signed on April 26 and distributed on Monday to the media, forgives workers and companies in 14 different circumstances from paying fines for expired labour permits and for delay in issuing them.

The categories include workers who have left the country before their labour permit expired and have spent at least six months outside the UAE or their residency visa has also expired.
Companies who reported workers as absconding before 2002, who were not issued a labour permit or who have an expired labour permit will also not pay fines.

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UAE : Residents with Dh 10,000 salary can sponsor friends on visit visa

DUBAI – Residents of Dubai who are wishing to sponsor friends on visit visas are entitled to sponsor them, provided they earn a total minimum of Dh10,000 salary, clarified a customer service officer yesterday (April 20, 2006).

“This rule has been enforced for about a year-and-a-half,” she said, responding to a resident who was enquiring at the service desk about any entitlement for sponsoring a friend and was confused about the minimum salary required to avail of this service.

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Lebanon's Sri Lankan maids tell their story .....

Apr 19 (Aljazeera)

The film Maid in Lebanon is a tale of exile, occasional abuse and even death. It documents the fate of Sri Lankan women seeking better wages abroad to support their families.

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