Lifting of Six-Month Ban on Foreign Workers Bound for the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

December 2010POEA MARKET UPDATE NO. 02-11LIFTING OF SIX-MONTH BAN ON FOREIGN WORKERS BOUND FOR THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE)The Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Dubai, UAE has reported that starting 01 January 2011, the Ministry of Labor of the UAE is lifting the six-month ban on foreign workers whose employment contract has expired. The said measure apparently applies only if the two parties in a labor contract have ended their job relationship cordially and the employee has worked with his employer for at least two years except in the following cases:• When joining his new job, the worker should be classified in the first, second or third professional class and that his new salary should not be less than Dh12,000, Dh7,000 and Dh5,000 if he is in the first, second and third class respectively.• The employer had not complied with legal and labor obligations towards the worker or in the case where the worker has no role in terminating the work affiliation.• The worker will shift to another firm the employer owns or has stake...