'Permanent job ban is irreversible'

Absconding expatriate employees in the UAE private sector will not be allowed to work again in the country permanently under new labour laws and the ban is irreversible, according to the Ministry of Labour. 

The ministry outlined the position during its weekly open-day meeting held in Dubai on Thursday to explain new labour laws introduced early this year and consider applications from workers and employers.

During the meeting, ministry officials rejected several applications to lift a one-year job ban and cancel a permanent ban on some workers who have absconded from their employers or committed other serious job violations.

The ministry’s assistant undersecretary for labour affairs, Humaid Dimas, also told many applicants who had got a one-year ban that they must report to the ministry for cancellation of their labour cards during their stay in the UAE.

“Dimas also stressed that all those who have been banned for one year can not have a job until after that period,” the semi-official daily 'Al Ittihad' said.

“As for workers who get a permanent ban on jobs in the UAE because of absconding and other offences, they can not work again in the country…the ban will not be lifted at any time as it is irreversible.”

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