A new decree, which empowers students to complete training periods and fill positions in the private sector after obtaining work permits, has been sanctioned by the Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation , Saqr Ghobash.
The conditions of the decree stipulates that the guardians of students aged 12 to 18 years should produce a written consent for training purposes, while those aged 15 to 18 years should seek work permit.
The decree also grants national and foreign students similar conditions, in terms of benefits and advantages to those already filling the same spot.
The decree further orders the management to comply with the necessary procedures and qualities of the permitted work during the training periods or in filling of actual jobs.
According to Ghobash, the decree falls within the framework of implementing tasks assigned to the ministry in terms of labour market management in line with vision of the future government to develop human resources and invest in their capabilities, so that they improve productivity and participation in labour market.
The decree complements the previous ones that had been issued in the year 2011 with regard to issuing temporary work permits for juveniles, and with students following such categories permitted to enrol in private sector enterprises under these permits.
As per the authorized temporary work permit, the facilities can hire national or non-national students registered or non-registered in the ministry’s database, including students to work on projects with completion periods not exceeding six months, with Dh.500 as permit fee.
The Ministry also grants temporary work permit for facilities to use nationals or non-nationals registered in the ministry database including students, to work lesser hours in the same job as filled by counterparts for a period not exceeding one year, with fee of Dh.500.
The ministry offers juvenile work permits to employ nationals or non-nationals in the age group 15 to 18 years, which enable them to work for a period not exceeding a year, with a fee of Dh.500.
The ministry urges companies to appoint students to work not more than six hours a day, and grants them one or more hours of rest, breaks, to eat or pray, and has warned against keep them on duty for more than four consecutive hours a day.
The permits can be availed from Tas’heel Service Centres or through the ministry’s smartphone applications.
