Housewives can take up jobs

Dubai: In a bid to protect working women's rights, the UAE Federal Labour Law and the UAE residency and entry law allows women to work in any profession but under specific conditions.
Women must not be employed in any job that is unsafe, hard or damaging to their health. An expatriate woman who is sponsored by a father or husband can work in any job, even if she is listed in the resident visa as housewife.

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No foreign jobs for women below 25

Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said the Government imposed a total ban on sending mothers of infants below five years as housemaids in foreign countries as it has resulted in discontented workers as well as social problems back home. Bogollagama said in the future only women who are above 25 years would be granted permission for overseas deployment.

He was addressing a press conference in the capital city Riyadh of oil rich Saudi Arabia where thousands of Sri Lankans are employed. `This is not only because of their discontented life here but it also creates social problems back home,` he said. He said homesickness has been identified as the main cause of labour problems of Sri Lankan housemaids working in Saudi Arabia. The minister added, `A housemaid who came here leaving a five-month-old baby ran away from her workplace because she desperately wanted to see her child.`

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UAE : Employer cannot deduct visa fees from salary

Abu Dhabi: No employer is allowed to withhold any amount from an employee's salary or deduct visa fees or any other charges, according to a Labour Ministry official.

Obaid Rashid Al Zahmi, Assistant Undersecretary at the ministry, told Gulf News that visa charges should be paid only by the employer. "It's against the labour law to deduct money from the employee for any charges," he said.

The Labour Law, he said, states that no amount of money may be deducted from a worker's remuneration in respect of private claims except in recovery of advances paid to the worker in excess of his entitlements, contribution towards social security, insurance and welfare schemes, fines imposed for any offence and any debt payable in execution of a court ruling.

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Dubai : Revised labour law released

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Human Rights Watch released a 15-page report yesterday providing a list of recommendations to the revised labour law released by the UAE Labour Ministry last month. While Human Rights Watch, an international non-governmental organisation, welcomed the ministry’s initiative to put a draft of the revised laws on the Internet inviting public comment, it also claimed that the proposed labour law falls short of the international standards for workers’ rights.

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CCI offers opportunities to become an Engineer while being in employment

Colombo, 19 March, (Asiantribune.com):

The shortage of suitably qualified technical personnel for middle level management grades is an acute problem in the construction industry and at the same time young school leavers are reluctant to join the industry due to lack of opportunities in the industry to progress in their chosen career.

To find a solution to this twin problem, Chamber of Construction Industry Sri Lanka (CCI) in association with Skills International Private Ltd who are the City & Guilds implementing partner, who has now designed an Industry Based Training program to prepare students for internationally recognized City & Guilds qualifications, said CCI’s Chief Executive Officer Dakshitha Talgodapitiya.

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Ethihad Airlines has vacancies for various positions

Etihad Airways is the National Airline of the United Arab Emirates. Fast becoming one of the most elite international airlines, with destinations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America and Asia, Etihad is managed by an extensive team of airline professionals with many years' experience gained from leading carriers around the world and drawn from over 94 nationalities. We welcome you to explore the current opportunities with Etihad and encourage you to apply for those that you feel to be a good match for your skills and experience.


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Halliburton plans to hire 13,000 workers amid move to Dubai

Dubai: Oil services firm Halliburton plans to hire more than 13,000 new workers this year in the US and elsewhere as it splits its headquarters between Houston and Dubai, an executive said in a memo obtained by the Associated Press.

Halliburton's announcement this week that its chief executive, Dave Lesar, would lead the company from a new headquarters in Dubai raised an outcry among some in the US.
Some Congressional Democrats raised fears the move would mean job cuts in the US and suspicions that Halliburton was trying to avoid paying US taxes. The firm says it will remain incorporated in Delaware and the move won't affect its tax burden.

In a memo to US employees on Tuesday, chief operating officer Andy Lane said Halliburton was girding for an expansion and hiring binge that would increase its workforce by nearly 30 per cent this year.

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