The Ministry of Human\nResources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has called on employers, UAE nationals and residents\nto deal with MoHRE-approved domestic workers\u2019 recruitment agencies to employ\nworkers and avoid dealing with social media pages that promote illegal employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the month of Ramadan\napproaches, the demand for domestic workers\u2019 employment, especially those who\nperform their work at home, surges, The Ministry said. \u201cTherefore, unreliable\npages and accounts on social media start promoting this kind of employment to\nattract those looking to hire domestic workers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a statement, the Ministry\nwarned of the legal consequences as well as social and health risks when dealing\nwith unapproved agencies, especially in terms of obtaining untrained domestic\nworkers and the lack of any guarantees, unlike what is provided by the agencies\nby the Ministry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is in addition to the\npossibility of the employers and their family members be exposed to infectious\ndiseases due to the lack of evidence of the violating domestic worker being free\nfrom any health conditions or disease. The domestic worker could be a law\nviolator, which would add to the risks,\u201d the Ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ministry also called on customers to contact the\ncall centre on 600590000 to verify the reliability of the agencies that promote\ndomestic workers through social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere are 80 domestic worker recruitment offices\napproved by the Ministry across the country, and they can be accessed from the\nlist of approved offices via the Ministry\u2019s website and social media pages. These\noffices work in line with the Federal Decree-Law No. (9) of 2022 Regarding\nDomestic Workers that came into force on 15 December 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The approved offices provide a \u201ctraditional package,\u201d in\nwhich the worker is registered on the employer’s file and resides with them during\nthe contract period of two years. During this period, the agency guarantees the\ndomestic worker so that the employer can replace the worker or recover the\nrecruitment costs if any of the four cases occur during the first six months of\nthe contract (trial period). This includes the termination of the contract by\nthe worker without a legitimate reason, or the domestic worker leaving work\nwithout an acceptable reason, or the worker being unfit for the role, or the\nworker being unable to carry out work tasks as required and agreed upon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Part of the recruitment costs are recovered during the\npost-trial period until the end date of the contract if the worker terminates\nthe contract after the trial period or leaves work without an acceptable or\nlegitimate reason. These amounts are calculated out of the total recruitment\ncost as per the balance months from the total of two years\u2019 contractual period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recruitment offices also offer the \u201ctemporary package,\u201d\nwhereby a trained and qualified domestic worker is provided within 24 hours,\nand this worker is registered with the agency for a contractual period of two\nyears, during which the worker is not allowed to move as a resident domestic\nworker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The agencies also offer the \u201cflexible package,\u201d which\nprovides a flexible-based work pattern (hours-days-week-month) and the cost of\nrecruitment is calculated as per the nature of work. This package has a set of\nadvantages that include providing qualified and trained domestic workers and an\nunlimited number of replacements. The period of providing the worker is within\n24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation also renewed its call\nfor employers to register their domestic workers in the Wage Protection System (WPS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ministry stated that registering in the system and paying the wages\nof domestic workers who work in all professions is an available option for\nemployers. The Ministry added that starting from 1 April, five professions must\nbe registered in the system \u2013 private\nagricultural engineer, Public Relations Officer (PRO), housekeeper, personal\ntutor, and personal trainer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Domestic workers who have a\npending labour complaint, or are unemployed, or have a registered notice of\nabsence-from-work are excluded from being registered, as well as domestic\nworkers who are yet to complete 30 days since the start of their employment\ncontract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 19 domestic worker professions\nare a housemaid, sailor\/boatman, security guard, household shepherd, household\nhorse groomer, household falcon trainer, physical labour worker, housekeeper,\ncook, nanny\/babysitter, farmer, gardener, personal driver, private agricultural\nengineer, Public Relations Officer (PRO), personal nurse, personal tutor, and\npersonal trainer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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