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29 March 2024

No visas for sponsor who did not register with WPS

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Several employers and workers presented their cases at the weekly open day organised by the Ministry of Labour, where a wide range of requests including licence renewals, permission for new work permits and lifting of bans and fines were considered.

The committe representing the Ministry of Labour refused a UAE sponsor work permits to hire new employees at his 29 facilities and denied renewal of trade licences of some others. The ministry records showed some violations in 13 facilities. Also the national did not register all of his facilities in the wages protection ystem (WPS), which requires each facility to pay their workers’ salaries through the system.

The open day, attended by Humaid bin Dimas, Executive Director of the Labuor Ministry; Abdul-Wahab Essa expert at the department of labour offices and Essa Al Zarouni, Director of Inspection in the ministry, received 30 complaints and petitions from employers.

The committee promised to consider the request submitted by an employer to waive off Dh10,000 fine issued against him for violating the mid-day break rule. Al Zarouni said: "Usually the ministry refuses to excuse any employer from mid-day rule fines. But this is an exemption as a concrete work, crucial to the construction of that project, had to be completed at one go. However, in future documents from the Department of Water and Electricity, supporting the case, should be presented to the labour ministry to make employees work through mid-day."

In another case, the committee refused to renew the licence of a office belonging to a, UAE citizen because it was a bogus facility. Bin Dimas said: “Such people must be referred to public prosecution, because they trade in supplying labourers. And when there are no sufficient work they are forced to abscond and end up being a security threat."

In yet another case, that came up for hearing at the open day was the request by a citizen to write-off the fines on his four facilities for delaying their renewal. The committe instructed a panel to visit those facilities and give them a report.

The committe also heard the request of an Arab businessman who asked the ministry to issue him temporary work permits until the court issued  a verdict on the dispute with his partners pertaining to their shares in the company. He requested the ministry to renew his visa as he has been overstaying in the country long after his residence visa expired. He also requested to sponsor his wife, who is currently under the sponsorship of the company run by his partners. The committee promised take a decision after hearing what his partners had to say.

Meanwhile, the committe rejected the request of a worker to revoke his ban slapped by his sponsor after he was impriosoned for a year on charges ofalcohol trafficking and the Department of Naturalisationa nd Residency ordered him to leave the UAE within three months. The committee ruled that the worker should leave the country to serve the six-month ban period.

The committee confirmed that the law allows employer to complaint against workers if they are absent for more than seven consecutive days without notice.