Two massage centre owners fined Dh30,000 for violating labour rules

Dubai Courts imposed a fine of Dh30,000 on two business owners who were found guilty of violating residency and labour laws by assigning women to massage men in two separate cases.

Ali Humaid bin Khetem, Head of Naturalisation and Residency Prosecution of Dubai Public Prosecution, said that during a labour inspection campaign, inspectors had arrested three women who were offering massage to men in a men’s parlour.

“The female workers admitted that they had been offering massage to men for a year and a half on the request of their employer who was a man,” said bin Khatem.

“Investigating the case, we found out that the owner had two establishments one of which was a beauty parlour for women and the other a massage centre for men,” he said.

The businessman was referred to Dubai Prosecution on the accusation of assigning workers to offer services that they were not licensed to.

The business owner admitted that he had recruited the female workers on the sponsorship of the beauty salon.

However, since there was not much work in the saloon, he had assigned the women to offer massage for men in the massage centre, the businessman claimed before investigators.

The accused was referred to the Naturalisation and Residency Court which ordered him to pay Dh30,000 as fine.

In another similar case, a businesswoman who owned a beauty salon for women and a massage parlour for men was ordered to pay Dh30,000 for assigning women workers whose visa was on the beauty salon to work in the massage centre for men.

The workers told investigators that they were asked to offer massage to men since they had entered the UAE.

The prosecution argued that the businesswoman had asked the workers to offer services that were not licenced to in the salon’s trade licence.

Bin Khatem pointed out that this type of cases were new in their nature.

“Employers should abide by the ministerial decision No. 52 of 1989 regarding rules and regulations for licensing procedures and recruitment of workers. The Prosecution will strictly deal with such violations in coordination with other government authorities,” he added.
 

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