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Any employer who does not provide health insurance for his employees will be fined Dh10,000 – or more - per uninsured employee under his sponsorship, according to a draft federal law on insurance.Accordance to the draft federal law for health insur...

As part of the recently announced changes to the health regulatory system of Dubai Health Authority (DHA), the doctor’s sick leave certificates will have to be registered online, even if it covers just one day.Earlier, a day of sick leave did not m...

The South Asian country banned women younger than this from taking these jobs in the Arabian Gulf in August last year following claims of abuse.But there is no such ban under UAE law and visas can still be issued.Many young Nepalese women have report...

Expatriates in the UAE who change their surnames after marriage must obtain new Emirates Identity Cards.According to Emirates Identity Authority (Eida) individuals who change their family names after marriage need to replace their old ID Cards, repor...

A minimum salary rule will be applied by the Ministry of Labour to three categories of employees, provided they have a secondary school certificate or a higher educational certificate, local Arabic daily Al Khaleej has reported.Ministry officials sai...

A new law regulating nurseries in the UAE that was recently adopted by the Council of Ministers prohibits nurseries from operating without a licence from the Ministry of Social Affairs,  the Arabic newspaper Al Khaleej has reported.Violators fac...

The UAE will soon adopt the alternative penalties law, said Dr. Jamal Al Sumaiti, Director General of Dubai Judicial Institute as reported Emarat al Youm.He said that the bill on alternative measures like ‘community service’ in cases of misdemean...

The UAE Ministry of Labour has moved a case to its Legal Department to rule on a case which has raised the issue of whether a company that has cancelled the contract by issuing a termination letter can enforce a one-year employment ban on that employ...

Residents with unsettled bills can now leave the country by paying the outstanding amount at the Dubai Airport — thanks to the new ‘Pay as you go’ service.Launched this week by Dubai Court with the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigner...

From January 2011, teenagers from 15-18 years of age can find jobs in the UAE after obtaining a teenage work permit from the MOL.There are restrictions on the type of work and hours of employment. Ministerial decree 1189 for 2010 specifies 31 categor...

EIDA has enabled a new service called Emirates ID status to view the ID card application status. The service allows applicants to track down the progress of their submitted Renewal, Replacement or New Emirates ID Card Application. Emirates ID is the...

A RESIDENT VISA HOLDER STAYING OUTSIDE U.A.E. FOR MORE THAN 180 DAYS has to obtain a Re Entry Residence Permit in Dubai.As per the new immigration law a resident visa holder staying outside the U.A.E. for more than 180 days has to complete some proce...

The website of General Directorate of Residency – Dubai has the facility to check the Dubai visa status and information about DNRD applications. The GDRFA site provides a Query DNRD App page to check about the visa status and other immigration appl...

Dubai: Health insurance is mandatory for visitors to enter UAE, said a senior official from the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA),The rule for mandatory health insurance was implemented almost five years ago by the UAE g...

Emirates Identity Authority (Eida) has clarified that companies cannot withhold ID Cards of their employees.According to a report in ‘Al Khaleej’, companies are not authorised to retain ID Cards of their staff. However, they can record informatio...

Expatriates in the UAE will not be exempt from criminal charges for bouncing cheques, authorities said, clarifying media reports that foreign nationals who write bad cheques will no longer be punished.The Higher Committee for Debt Settlement Fund f...

In a move apparently aimed at eliminating speculators from the real estate market, the UAE’s Central Bank has decided to direct banks in the country to cap mortgage lending for expatriates at 50 per cent of the property’s value.According to banki...

UAE courts have stopped accepting cheques submitted by banks as a criminal tool against debt defaulters in line with new instructions by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the semi-official daily Alittihad reported on Monday.T...

Now the confusion on whether to provide tenancy contracts and utility bills across the UAE to get the residence visa renewed is over, families living in shared accommodation will have to look out to rent an apartment. International City or Dubai...

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