The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation has\nwarned employers and national and resident families of the risks of dealing\nwith unlicensed domestic labour recruitment agencies, including unreliable\nsocial media pages that promote the services of this category of workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ministry confirmed that dealing with approved recruitment agencies guarantees the rights of all parties in accordance with the Domestic Workers Law and its Executive Regulations, pointing to the intensification of oversight over the approved recruitment agencies in order to ensure their legal obligations, especially in terms of adherence to the prices of packages that are determined by the Ministry in line with recruitment costs from the countries sending this category of workers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recruitment offices offer the “traditional package” where the worker is registered on the employer’s records and resides with him during the contract period and its duration (two years), which is the period during which the office guarantees the domestic worker so that this package allows the employer to replace the worker or recover the costs of recruitment in the event of any of the following four cases during the first six months of the contract (which is the probationary period). These cases include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 The worker\u2019s termination of the contract without a\nlegitimate reason; <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Leaving him to work without an acceptable reason;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 The level of fitness of a health worker;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 His inability to carry out his work tasks in the\nrequired and agreed manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Part of the recruitment costs shall be refunded in the\nevent of two cases occurring during the post-trial period until the expiry date\nof the two-year contract, as both cases include the worker\u2019s termination of the\ncontract after the probationary period without a legitimate reason or his\nleaving the work after the probationary period without an acceptable reason.\nThese amounts are according to the remaining period of the contract in months\nfrom the total cost of recruitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The recruitment offices of domestic workers also offer\na \u201ctemporary package\u201d where a trained and qualified assistant worker is given\nwithin 24 hours, and this worker is registered with the office for a\ncontractual period of two years (in which the worker is not allowed to move as\na resident assistant worker with the employer). The offices also offer the\nflexible package, which provides an assistant worker registered with the\nrecruitment office to work in a flexible system (hours – days – week – month),\nand the cost of recruitment is according to the type of employment. This\npackage has a set of benefits, including the provision of qualified and trained\ndomestic workers, the number of replacement times is not specified, and the\nperiod of providing the worker is within a maximum of 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Five Risks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ministry pointed out to five risks that employers\nand national and resident families may be exposed to in the event of dealing\nwith entities that bring in this category of workers without the necessary licenses\nfrom the Ministry, exposing the employer to legal accountability when employing\na contravening assistant worker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ministry also noted the possibility of the\nemployer and his family contracting infectious diseases, as there is no\nevidence that the violating assistant worker is free of these diseases, as well\nas the possibility that the assistant worker is a criminal, wanted person, or\ninvolved in acts violating the laws. The Ministry indicated that it has sought,\nduring the last period, towards diversifying the nationalities of domestic\nworkers, which are the most sought after by employers and national and resident\nfamilies, by concluding memoranda of cooperation with the labour sending\ncountries, which would control the recruitment process and guarantee the rights\nof all parties, as well as periodic review of fees according to the recruitment\ncosts of each of these countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The nationalities of the domestic workers in the UAE\ninclude Philippines, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Nepal and\nIndia. The Ministry affirmed its endeavor to develop services related to\ndomestic workers to meet the needs and requirements of employers and national\nand resident families, while at the same time facilitating access to the\nservices provided by the Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this regard, services are available to cancel and\nrenew residence permits of domestic workers, and to register a complaint about\nhis\/her interruption from work, by shortening the steps to complete these\nservices, as a first stage of the development of all services related to\ndomestic workers, which are available through the Ministry\u2019s smart application\nin the Google Play and Apple Stores, in the website www.mohre.gov.ae as well as\nthe call center on the toll-free number 80060. The employer can complete any of\nthe services of cancelling or renewing the residence permit of the domestic\nworker or registering a complaint of work interruption through the smart\napplication of the ministry without the need to enter the password and user\nname, where the employer must enter his identity card number and date of birth\nas well as enter the verification code in the image that appears in front of\nhim in the application, where a text message will be sent to him with an OTP\nverification code on his mobile phone number registered with the Federal\nAuthority for Identity and Citizenship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The employer must enter the verification code sent to\nhim and choose the worker required to perform the service on his file, as well\nas enter the required data and pay the fees, as the request will be sent\ndirectly to the authority for processing, and an email will be sent to the\nemployer with the payment receipt and a copy of the notarized contract (in the\ncase of the residence permit renewal service for an assistant worker). <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ministry called on employers to take\nadvantage of the benefits of paying the wages of domestic workers through the\nWage Protection System, as the system allows them to pay wages on time in the\neasiest way in a manner that preserves their right to prove the payment\nprocess. The Wage Protection System, which is optional, allows employers to pay\nwages through the system, whether through cash transfers to banks and money\nexchanges that provide the service, registered and approved with the Central\nBank, or through the smart applications of these agencies, after contracting\nwith them in accordance with the procedures followed. The system includes all\ndomestic labour categories, which include the employee, sailor, housekeeper,\ncook, guard, private driver, shepherd, groomer, falconer, worker, housekeeper,\nfarmer, gardener, private trainer, private teacher, private nurse, special\nrepresentative and private agricultural engineer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation has warned employers and national and resident families of the risks of dealing with unlicensed domestic labour recruitment agencies, including unreliable social media pages that promote the services of this category of workers. 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