Beat 6-month work ban: Ministry tells you how

People who have been slapped with a six-month labour ban for breaking their contracts before the expiry of two years can work for a new company, provided they hold at least a high school diploma and have been offered a good position and salary by the new company, employers were told by the Ministry of Labour last week.

According to a Gulf News report, to get the ban lifted, an employee should have been offered a minimum salary of Dh5,000 for high school graduates, Dh7,000 for diploma holders and Dh12,000 for bachelor's degree holders.

The salary must be mentioned in the labour contract.

No fee will be imposed for lifting the ban when these conditions are met, Ali Al Shehi, Senior Administrator at the ministry, was quoted by the paper as saying in a seminar held to inform employers about their rights and duties as well as recent ministerial decisions.

The new employer needs to submit the employee's educational certificate, which does not need to be attested at this stage. It will be scanned and entered into the Tas'heel system, and a new labour permit will be issued accordingly.
 
Al Shehi told employers that as of January 2012, company categories will have a different scale when it comes to labour permit applications.

"When a new company is registered, it will be charged Dh1,500 for each of the first four work permits to be issued to the company, which corresponds with category B2," he said.

Afterwards, the company can move up or down categories B1, B2 or B3, or C depending on its activity, the number of employees it hires, their qualifications and diversification in the nationalities of workers.

Companies in B1 category pay Dh600 per work permit, while B2 companies pay Dh1,500 and B3 companies pay Dh2,000 for each permit.
 
He advised people who want to start new companies to check their sponsor's record at the Department of Economic Development to ensure that their record is clear and they have no other companies facing problems, which will hinder their application.

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