credit-card-in-uae
February 19, 2020
mohre-complaint
February 12, 2020
MOHRE Complaint | File Labour Complaint in 2 Minutes
uae-gratuity
February 10, 2020
No Gratuity for these Employees in UAE
Many companies send their employees a termination letter to avoid the payments of gratuity in UAE. Apart from this unfair act from employer, is there any other way where employees lose rights to the end of service gratuity?
Honestly writing, the employee (worker)
always has a right for the end of service benefits and it is illegal to send
the termination to the employee just to save the end of service gratuity
payment. In-case if employer does this, the employee has the following claims
against the company.
1. Gratuity
2. Minimum 1 month salary for notice
period
3. Pay for arbitrary
(uninformed) dismissal
Can an employee lose his gratuity claim?
Yes, the employee can lose his/her
gratuity entitlement only if he/she breaches the employment contract in a
manner that allows the employer (company) to terminate the worker for cause
mentioned in UAE
Labour Law Article 120, the other reason when an employee can lose his end
of service benefits are:
·
If employee
breaches the limited contract
·
If employee
resigned before completing one year
·
If employee owes
money from company which is more than gratuity, the employer has right to
deduct it from employee final compensation.
·
If employee
violates the UAE labor law rules written in Article 120 and get terminated
without notice period.
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Termination of contract and Article 120:
As per UAE labour law article 120, the
employer has right to terminate the employment contract without notice only if
the worker (employee):
·
Should he be
absent without valid cause for more than twenty non - consecutive days in one
year, or for more than seven consecutive days.
·
Should he divulge
any of the secret of the establishment where he works
·
Should he be
found in a state of drunkenness or under the influence of a narcotic during working
hours
·
Should he assault
during the work the employer, responsible manager or co-worker.
·
Should the worker
assume false identity or nationality, or submits false certificates or documents.
·
Should the worker
be appointed under probation, and the dismissal occurs during or at the end of
the probation period.
·
Should the worker
commit an error resulting in colossal material losses to the employer, provided
that the Labor Department is notified of the incident within 48 hours of the knowledge
of the occurrence thereof
·
Should the worker
violate the instructions related to the safety at work or in the workplace,
provided that such instructions be written and posted in a prominent location,
and that he/she is notified thereof should he/she be illiterate.
·
Should the worker fail to perform his main
duties in accordance with the employment contract, and fail to remedy such
failure despite a written investigation on the matter and a warning that he
will be dismissed in case of repeating.
·
Should he be
convicted in a final manner by the competent court in a crime of honor, honesty
or public ethics
How to access Online Gratuity Calculator?
UAE specially Dubai and Abu
Dhabi government has achieved the international labour standards and provided
many online services such as checking labour contract, visa status, ID status, as per the employer and employees need, below are the
links where an employee can use online end of service calculator to
calculate gratuity in few minutes.
illegal-workers-in-uae
January 27, 2020
GDRFA encourage public to Report illegal workers
Mix reactions came after the GDRFA senior
officer encouraged public to report illegal domestic workers in UAE. Dh10,000 of compensation also announced for those who report absconding maids to authorities.
Many expats are not happy as they criticize employer’s
behavior with workers which resulting runaway and other illegal cases.
AMER GDRFA:
Members
of the public are being encouraged to immediately report illegal workers who
approach them for a job said Major-General Mohammad Al MERRI, the Director
General of The Residency and Foreigners Affairs Department in Dubai.
Major
General Mohammad Al Amerri:
"If any absconding maid or worker
wants to work illegally for you or someone you know, you should immediately and
quietly contact the Amer service on 8005111 who will come to your home or work
place to catch them without any trouble or noise”.
10,000 AED Reward:
As covered by Gulf News and other news websites, people in Dubai were encouraged to report their absconding maids to the authorities as they can be rewarded with 10,000 AED of compensation if the maid is found to be working for a different employer, an official said.
The compensation is applicable if maid found working with another employer.
Fine for hiring illegal workers:
People hiring maids who have absconded
from their original employers will face a fine of 50,000 AED while hiring an
illegal worker or maid will incur a 100,000 AED fine and a jail term.
Major General Al Merri said: “His
department was conducting a survey of maids who had worked legally for families
in Dubai for many years to find out how they had managed to stay with the same
family for such a long time.
He more added: "I have noticed
that domestic helpers from the Philippines are the main ones who work
for the same family for many years".
Who are illegal workers?
Expats
living or working in UAE without valid visas or those who overstay from long
period will be count as illegal workers.
Who are absconders in UAE?
If
the expat worker runaway from their sponsors, employers or companies without cancellation
of visa, it will be considered as absconding from the job and the employer,
company or sponsor will have the right to terminate employee and put absconding
case against them.
People
with absconding case cannot work in UAE until they clear themselves in
immigration.
As
we stated above about expats complaints that many people run away because their
employers do not follow domestic labour law such as working hours, rest etc and
they believe if employers hiring housemaids and other domestic helpers start
following law and rules, there will be no violations.
Meanwhile,
as part of the GDRFA goal to follow up domestic helper issues, Al Merri held a
meeting on Monday with all helpers from the department.
Mr
AL MERRI said "This is the second meeting we have organized with our domestic
helpers at the department in order to encourage them to give their best, we are
here to listen to them and to listen to their issues and problems, we have to
appreciate their work and efforts,"
In-order
to protect domestic workers in UAE, we urged them to know more about their
rights, contract terms, working hours as per UAE domestic labour law and share
it as much as they can so everyone know their rights.
GDRFA Dubai encouraged residents to contact Amer Dubai and report illegal workers and absconders
by dialing the toll free 8005111 after which the amer center Dubai will
handle the case. This toll free number can also be used by domestic workers to
register complaints against their employers.
uae-tourist-visa
January 06, 2020
How to Get 5 Year Tourist Visa in UAE
5 year tourist visa announced by His
Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime
Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai in January 2020. As per his orders everyone
across the globe can apply for new UAE tourist visa for 5 years.
As per His Highness tweet (translated
from Arabic) on January 6, 2020;Five Year Tourist Visa UAE:
“We change the system of issuing tourist visas in the country; to make the duration of the tourist visa for five year in UAE, multiple uses, for all nationalities”.
He more added we received more than 21
million tourists in 2019, and we want to establish the UAE as an international
tourist destination for all nationalities.
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The new move is expected to provide a boost to the travel and tourism industry and will also make it easier for residents to bring relatives to the UAE on visits.
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The new move is expected to provide a boost to the travel and tourism industry and will also make it easier for residents to bring relatives to the UAE on visits.
اعتمدنا اليوم تغيير نظام التأشيرات السياحية في الدولة .. لتكون مدة تأشيرة السياحة خمسة أعوام متعددة الاستخدام .. لكافة الجنسيات .. نستقبل اكثر من ٢١ مليون سائح سنويا وهدفنا ترسيخ الدولة كوجهة سياحية عالمية رئيسية .. pic.twitter.com/C4s26JjUE5— HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) January 6, 2020
Starting Date:
As per Cabinet decision, the new five year tourist also known as multiple-entry tourist visa will be introduced to the people within next four months, aim to establish the UAE as a major global tourism destination and is part of wider plans to prepare the country for next 50 years of development.
This positive move is expected to provide tourism industry a boost and will also make it easier for residents to bring friends and family members to UAE more often.
This positive move is expected to provide tourism industry a boost and will also make it easier for residents to bring friends and family members to UAE more often.
Entry and Exit Rules:
Tourists holding multi-entry five-year
tourist visa would allow them multiple entries with stay for six months at a stretch over five years period. Currently, tourists can visit the United Arab Emirates with a free single entry visa for 30 days and free multiple entry visa up to 90 days from the date of entry.
UAE Tourist Visa Fee:
Single entry 30 days visit visa: 415 AED.
UAE Tourist Visa Fee:
UAE visit visa fees for 3 months (90 days tourist visa) cost 749 AED per person whereas below is the cost involved for other tourist visas in UAE:
A. 14 day tourist visa: 295 AED.
B. 30 day single-entry visit visa: 305 AED.
C. 90 day single-entry visit visa: 749 AED.
D. 30 day multiple-entry tourist visa: 950 AED.
E. 90 day multiple-entry tourist visa: 2,150 AED.
F. 30 day express tourist visa: 450 AED.
G. 90 day express tourist visa: 950 AED.
UAE Visit Visa Price:
Multiple entry 30 day visit visa: 790 AED.
Long-term single entry visit visa for 90 days: 815 AED.
Long-term multiple entry visit visa for 90 days: 1840 AED.
5 Year Tourist Visa Fee:
Still there is no update about the
required documents and the fees but as per unconfirmed sources or you can call them rumors the expected UAE 5 year tourist visa fees will be 10,000 to 15,000 AED and the holder of this visa will not be allowed to work in the country. so once we received the details from official sources we will share it with
our global fans, till that time be patience.