Career and Employment News

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

UAE launches electronic pay system for workers -22/5/2009
According to a new initiative to be launched this month about three million workers in the UAE will be paid electronically, a top official in the UAE said.

They will receive their wages in bank

Dubai companies witnessing fewer layoffs -6/5/2009
The number of companies in Dubai, indulging in job cuts, have reduced now, compared to the layoffs that happened earlier this year, but, hiring would continue to remain slow, until employers gain conf

Regional Employment Center to be launched for Arab nations -6/4/2009
A Regional Employment Center for the Arab nations will shortly be announced by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation (MBRAMF). This would form a platform to lure potential employees and employ

Federal Law underway for recruitment of skilled workers in UAE -4/4/2009
A Federal regulation aimed at regulating recruitment of workers in the UAE, is on its way, reveal the ministry sources.

The Draft Law indicates that job-seekers for all sectors need to be subjec

Public sector jobs is the preferred choice of Emiratis -1/4/2009
The Careers Fair 2009 organized in Dubai, which ended today, indicates that there is an uncertainty over the employment situation. It has been noticed that a majority of Emiratis still prefer being em

UAE Employers must pay accommodation allowances -8/3/2009
Employers in the UAE are required to pay accommodation allowances, if the employee is not provided with housing. Else, no work permit for the expatriate worker is likely to be issued by Ministry of La

Hiring process of teachers in Dubai to be revamped -23/2/2009
The Ministry of Education revealed that a major revamp in their human resources regulations, particularly, with regarding to hiring of teachers (both nationals and expatriates) in public schools, is l

MENA region records highest unemployment rate worldwide -13/2/2009
Going by the latest report by ILO (International Labour Organization), the status of employment in the world, including the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region in 2009, represents a scary pictu

Dubai World downsizes staff by 10 percent -11/2/2009
Dubai World, the state-owned investor, yesterday downsized its staff strength by 10 percent, which includes 100 employees.

Dubai World, which monitors the ports operator DP World, mentioned in i

Damac, Mashreq Bank, axe more jobs -6/2/2009
Mashreq Bank, the largest private bank in the UAE, on Thursday announced that it has cut jobs of 175 staff, which constitute 4 percent of its global workforce.

The employees, who were terminate

Qatar reaches out to redundant workers in Dubai -26/1/2009
While the numbers of job redundancies by construction firms in Dubai are increasing in numbers, their counterparts in Qatar are considering the downturn as an opportunity to recruit more staff for the

UAE nationals recruited by Dubai Customs on Tanmia Open Day -9/1/2009
The National Human Resource Development and Employment Authority, Tanmia, together with Dubai Customs had recently organized an Open Day for 110 UAE National jobseekers.

During the Open Day, the

Smart Cards mandatory for Indian workers entering the Gulf -9/1/2009
Smart Cards with vital employment information would be made mandatory for Indian labourers entering UAE and the rest of Gulf for job purposes from June this year.

The announcement was made by th

Poor salaries compel nationals to shun teaching profession -24/12/2008
Several Emirati male teachers are quitting their teaching jobs and shifting to freelance works, businesses or jobs with government departments and private companies, due to lesser salaries and lack of

Dubai losing out its foreign workers to Abu Dhabi -8/12/2008
With increase in redundancies in Dubai, which is struggling to contain a property market slowdown, the foreign workers in Dubai would be welcomed by its neighbouring emirate Abu Dhabi, say leading ana