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More than four million jobs on offer in UAE labour market -3/2/2010
The UAE labour market currently has more than four million job opportunities on the offer, while there are only 20,000 Emirati graduates, said the UAE Minister of Education, Humaid Al Qutami yesterday

UAE tourism sector to profit from rise in budget hotels -3/2/2010
The increase in the number of budget hotels is a positive aspect for the leisure and hospitality industry of the UAE, tourism experts said.

International budget chains, such as the Premi

GCC to witness more recruitment in 2010 -23/12/2009
As per the latest survey report by Mercer, although the job market in the GCC is not likely to witness the heights as seen in 2008, it will surely outdo 2009.

Major experts and human resources

Emirati jobseekers blacklisted for lax attitude to jobs -16/11/2009
The Emirates National Development Programme (ENDP), a Dubai knowledge and Human Development Authority initiative, has black-listed more than 500 Emirati jobseekers, so as to combat lax work attitudes,

New regulation on furniture allowance to divorced employees -7/11/2009
The Fatwa and Legislation Department of the Ministry of Justice has issued a regulation that employers can reduce the furniture allowance granted to employees by 50 percent, if it has been proven that

More job losses likely in UAE -2/11/2009
A second wave of job cuts are likely next year, as the companies have begun to feel the pinch of economic downturn, warns a senior banker, despite currently being in the recovery phase.

The glob

Raqmiyat launches WPS Connect -21/9/2009
Leading UAE-based systems integrator, Raqmiyat, has made an announcement about its plans to launch Raqmiyat - WPS Connect, a new solution meant to work with the UAE Central Bank Wages Protection Syste

Wage Protection System implemented in Dubai -1/9/2009
The first phase of implementation of the Wage Protection System (WPS), an electronic salary transfer system, which aims to ensure that workers are paid on time, will begin today.

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Layoffs in HSBC UAE -14/8/2009
HSBC UAE has issued termination notices to 90 junior and middle management employees, revealed sources close to the bank. These employees have been offered six months salary as severance package, they

Middle East to recruit more Property Management professionals -8/8/2009
According to Macdonald & Company, the leading recruitment consultancy, which focuses on the real estate industry, the demand for property management professionals in the real estate sector is boun

Ministry permits unpaid workers to swap jobs -24/7/2009
The Ministry of Labour has granted permission to workers, who have not been paid salary for two or more months, to swap jobs, without having to wait for a No Objection Certificate (NOC) even after hav

UAE professionals turn budget-savvy -20/7/2009
About 31 percent of the professionals are ready to work for less salary in their next job, if redundancy becomes a reality, while 25 percent have already accepted employment in a different country fro

Major Service sector jobs to enter Middle East by 2015 -13/7/2009
According to a new report by Manpower Consultants, the leading recruitment firm in Middle East, the region will see a huge increase in the global share of service sector jobs by 2015, but the female p

4000 Emiratis offered private sector jobs -19/6/2009
About 4000 Emiratis will be ready to join private sector shortly, revealed a senior official at Abu Dhabi.

Dr. Saleh Al Hashemi, the Managing Director of Tawteen, when speaking during the first

Labour Ministry cracks down on illegal employment -15/6/2009
The Ministry of Labour has formed new inspection teams to crack down on companies holding expired labour cards registered on their Ministry of Labour records.

The teams will be operational in al

Recruitment catching-up in the Gulf financial sector -1/6/2009
Banks and private equity firms in the GCC are seeing the first signs of hiring, with the economic crisis hitting the Gulf last year. However, professionals in the financial sector are accepting salari

New Wage Protection System to safeguard employees salary -27/5/2009
The UAE government has introduced a new Wages Protection System (WPS) in order to safeguard payment of workers salaries, to reduce labour dispute pertaining to wages and to protect the rights of emplo

30 percent fall in expat salary levels in construction sector -22/5/2009
Salary levels of expatriates working in property and construction sectors have fallen by 30 percent during the past 8 months across the GCC, according to data by APG Global, an Australian-based recrui