Workers’ rights stipulated by the law: UAE<\/strong>
\n> Remuneration (salary) within first 10 days of a month<\/p>\n> One day of rest every week, including service workers<\/p>\n
> Employing a worker less than 18 years is illegal<\/p>\n
> 30 days paid annual leave and decent accommodation.<\/p>\n
> Medical insurance at the expense of the employer<\/p>\n
> A return ticket at the expense of employer once in every two years<\/p>\n
> Right to receive treatment and compensation due to occupational hazards<\/p>\n
> Non-employment of a worker in an area that is different from the nature of his work<\/p>\n
> Right to keep his or her identity documents including passport and Emirates ID<\/p>\n
> Right to obtain a copy of employment contract<\/p>\n
> Right to sick leave.<\/p>\n
> Right to end of service gratuity<\/p>\n
Know the types of visa bans<\/strong>Here are the dos and don’ts to avoid them.<\/p>\nIf you are working in the UAE, it is crucial for you to know the different types of visa ban rules that apply to the region.<\/p>\n
A visa ban prohibits a person from entering the country or taking up a new job. It is important to know the dos and don’ts to make sure you avoid getting a ban.<\/p>\n
Permanent residency ban:
\nThis type of ban is applicable to any serious labour offense considered illegal or absconding. The federal department keeps record of banned individuals (fingerprint and scanned sample).
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\nLabour Ban<\/strong>
\nLabour ban is only executed under the following situations:<\/p>\n> On the expiry of contract, when on action is taken by the present employer’s end in relation to your employment.<\/p>\n
> In case, if no new application is applied by different employer.<\/p>\n
> Termination of unlimited labour contract before completing 1 year service.<\/p>\n
> Termination of limited labour contract before date of expiry.
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\nImmigration ban<\/strong>
\nThis ban denies the entry of the employee in the UAE. The reason depends. It may be a criminal offence, bad debt, bounced cheque, rape violence, rash drinking, drinking, theft, inappropriate relationship, etc. Immigration ban is also applicable when you have broken government rules and regulations.<\/p>\nEmployment ban<\/strong>
\nThis type of ban is also called work permit ban. You can work in the UAE for a limited period of time, but can be applicable for 6 months or permanently.
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\nSix-month ban<\/strong>
\nCandidates who left their job without legally binding reasons may be given a 6 month ban by the employer. This is imposed by the Labour ministry on the employee’s labour card or work permit.<\/p>\nHowsoever, this ban does not affect your entry in UAE. You can easily enter UAE on tourist or visit visa.<\/p>\n
One-year ban<\/strong>
\nWhen you resign any job prior to its completion of limited contract, this is enforced. When you lose your case filed against labour ministry, this rule comes to exist. In this case, the employer needs to start the proceeding of work permit even before the expiry of the visa. The ban gets automatically activated, if new application is not forward well before expiry of work permit or visa.
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\nHow to avoid getting a visa ban?<\/strong>
\nFirst thing that you need to assure is that your current employer has executed proper action for extension of your employment contract, even before it expires. The employer needs to go to the Ministry of Labour. If changing jobs, you need to be sponsored by the new employer or else your labour card gets banned. Lastly, knowledge is power. Always keep up to date with the latest rules about Dubai visa and employment issues, as well as amendment to labour laws.<\/p>\n7 reasons why your UAE visa application may be rejected<\/strong>
\nBelow are the most common reasons:<\/strong><\/p>\n1. If you held a residence visa previously and left the country without cancelling the UAE visa. To get an approval, the PRO will have to go to the immigration department and clear your previous residency visa.<\/p>\n
2. Hand written passports will automatically get rejected by the UAE Immigration.<\/p>\n
3. Visa applicants with previous criminal offence, fraud or misconduct committed in the UAE.<\/p>\n
4. Previously applied for tourist visa but did not enter the country. In order to get an approval, PRO of the travel agency or sponsor must go to the immigration to clear the previous UAE visa.<\/p>\n
5. Applicants who applied for employment visa via a company (prospective employer) but did not enter the country. To get an approval, the PRO of a travel agency or sponsor must go to the UAE immigration and clear the previous employment visa.<\/p>\n
6. Visa application with typo errors of name, passport number, and profession code will see a delay in getting approval, or result in rejection of the passport.<\/p>\n
7. When photo of the passport copies are not clear or blurred when applied in the online UAE immigration system, the approval might get delayed or rejected.<\/p>\n
NOTE:<\/strong>
\nVisa rules are subject to changes. Follow UAE embassy in your country or the relevant authority in the UAE.
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\n<\/strong>Marital status not criterion for employment visa<\/strong>
\nQ:<\/strong>\u00a0I work for a private company in Dubai, and I am sponsored by the company. I am not married and I hear there is an age limit for non-married ladies to get an employment visa. Can you please tell me up to which age a lady who is not married can work on an employment visa in UAE?<\/p>\nA:<\/strong>\u00a0It is understood that you are an unmarried lady working in a private company at Dubai and your employer provides your employ-ment visa. Further, you understand that there is an age limit for unmarried ladies to be under the employment visa provided by the employer.<\/p>\nPursuant to your question, it may be noted that an individual’s marital status is not the criteria for issuance of employment visa, in accordance with the prevailing laws of the UAE. It is understood that since January 2011, the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiritisation (the “Ministry”) of the UAE is accept-ing requests for work-permits of individuals up to the age of\u00a065<\/strong>years. As per the prevailing prac-tice, for all employees working at private sector entities, the retirement age is deemed extended up to\u00a065<\/strong>\u00a0years. However, the upper limit of\u00a065<\/strong>\u00a0years on the retirement age may be further increased in consider-ation of the individual’s nature of work, his or her credentials or ex-pertise which is important for the entity he or she is working for. Further to this, employment visa may be issued to an employee annually after the em-ployee attains the age of 65 years, subject to the approval of the ministry. (KT).<\/p>\n+\u00a0Ministry of Labour, Al Qusais, Dubai,
\nTiming:<\/strong>\u00a0Saturday to Thursday\u00a07:30am<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a07:00pm<\/strong>
\nCall Centre:\u00a0<\/strong>80060<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Website:\u00a0www.mohre.gov.ae<\/a><\/p>\nby\u00a0Lingodome\u00a0at\u00a010:40\u202fAM\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
New job classification in UAE<\/h3>\n
Nine professional categories<\/strong>
\nThe UAE Professional Classification comprises nine categories. The first category includes\u00a083\u00a0<\/strong>designations for\u00a0managers<\/strong>, while the second category comprises 183 job titles for\u00a0specialists in scientific, technical and human areas<\/strong>.<\/p>\nThe third category includes 114 jobs for\u00a0technicians and professional assistants<\/strong>, while the fourth category comprises 37 jobs for\u00a0office support staff<\/strong>.<\/p>\nThe fifth category includes 63 professions for\u00a0service and sales workers<\/strong>\u00a0and the sixth category includes 16 job titles for\u00a0skilled workers in the fields of agriculture and fishery<\/strong>, while the seventh category includes 111 jobs for\u00a0craftsmen and related industries\u00a0<\/strong>and the eighth category 63 jobs for\u00a0operators of machinery and equipment<\/strong>.<\/p>\nThe ninth category includes 55 job titles for\u00a0low-skill workers<\/strong>.<\/p>\nThese professions are divided into five skill levels: The first includes\u00a0specialised professions<\/strong>, which require a high degree of scientific, technical and administrative skills with a minimum of a university degree.<\/p>\nThe second skill level includes\u00a0technical occupations\u00a0<\/strong>that require scientific and technical skills as well as practical and supervisory skills with study of two to three years after high school.<\/p>\nThe third skill level includes\u00a0jobs, which require practical and professional skills<\/strong>, with a secondary school qualification, while the fourth level includes\u00a0jobs that require practical and vocational skills\u00a0<\/strong>related to only part of the work.<\/p>\nThe fifth skill level includes a segment of the workforce associated with a\u00a0