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"The number of Emiratis is not going to grow," Dr Amal Al Qubaisi, FNC member and head of the Committee of Education, Youth Culture and Media, said. "This is due to the fact that...

The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha) will open its new Disease Prevention and Screening Centre in Mussafah on Sunday. The old facility in the same area will be shut down on the same day. The...

The job market in Dubai continues to improve and grew by more than 20 per cent in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period last year, according to one of the leading recruitment...

ADNEC (Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company) is taking part in a series of recruitment events in the coming weeks aimed at highlighting the range of career opportunities offered at ADNEC to UAE...

Bayt.com, the region's number one job site, announced today that it will be facilitating the recruitment process in the technology sector, with the launch of its Virtual Technology Job Fair. Between...

Gulf news Reported, Major-General Mohammad Al Merri, Director General of The Residency and Foreigners Affairs Department in Dubai, told Gulf News: "If any absconding maid or worker wants to work...

Of the 250 GCC companies surveyed by recruitment firm BAC Middle East, 59 percent described themselves as fairly optimistic about the year ahead, a change from the survey in early 2009, when...

There are an estimated 320,000 Filipinos and 1.5 million Indians working in the UAE, the newspaper reported. Daily newspaper the National reported on Sunday,Nasser Munder, the Philippine labour...

In a statement to Khaleej Times, the minister said no new employment permits would be issued to any firm found submitting wrong salary statements and that its officials would be referred to court to...

DUBAI – Arab governments committed serious human rights violations in the past year, including repression of human rights advocates and failure to protect migrant workers, Human Rights Watch...

Confidence is returning to the job market in Dubai, according to a new survey carried out by recruitment company, Robert Half. "The results from the employee survey are very encouraging indeed...

In a survey conducted by Emirates Business, Craig Plumb, Head of Research, Jones Lang LaSalle Middle East and North Africa (Mena); Andrew Goodwin, Director, DTZ UAE; Billy Rautenbach, Director...

Major General Nasser Al Awadi Al Menhali, Ministry of Interior's Assistant Undersecretary of Naturalisation, Residency and Exits Affairs by proxy. He said the number of violators who were seized last...

"Statistics that were available at Naturalisation and Residency Department last year refute what foreign media said on the presence of mass exodus or cancellation of collective residences due to...

The UAE is mulling cutting the cost of getting an employment visa, among other measures, to ease the process of starting a business in the country, local daily Emirates Business reported on Tuesday ...

ABU DHABI — The Ministry of Labour (MoL) has instructed all companies to abide by the Wages Protection System (WPS), which includes the mandatory transfer of salaries through banks, from...

GulfTalent.com’s fifth annual report "Employment and Salary Trends in the Gulf 2009 – 2010" has just been released. The report, which is published every year at around this...

Speaking to eFinancialCareers Ahmad Humaid Al Tayer, chairman of ENDP, argued it cannot be "logical that the private sector can accommodate thousands of the expatriate workforce and... not [be]...

The survey of more than 6,000 UAE nationals found that insensitivity to religious customs and dress codes and the absence of a mentor were the most frequently cited reasons for quitting, UAE daily...

UAE daily Gulf News reported on Monday, The Emirates National Development Programme (ENDP) has placed the jobseekers on a blacklist for six months in an effort to “show we’re...

The UAE is the favourite destination for a maximum number of overseas Indian workers—3 .4 lakh desis went to the country in 2008—but the number has been fast declining as Indian workers...

Dubai: Companies that produce dishonest reports regarding salary payments to their employees will be referred to the public prosecutor, said a senior official from the Ministry of Labour. Humaid...

Dubai: It will be a blue Christmas for this Dubai-based couple as they grapple with circumstance. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), a progressive neurological disorder that leads to physical...

DUBAI — If you are a taxi driver or a policeman or part of any other stressful profession, then your normal blood pressure readings could differ from the standard set value, say...

DUBAI — The general advocate in the prosecutions technical office of the Ministry of Justice said here on Tuesday the UAE federal law on human trafficking was vague on vital details and...

Dubai: Senior officials attending a forum on combating human trafficking on Monday said the federal law on human trafficking needed more amendments and clarification. During the first day of the...

Abu Dhabi: The General department of residency (GDR) inaugurated a new department on Sunday to provide speedy services to UAE nationals exclusively. GDR was known as Abu Dhabi department of...

Abdul Rahman Ali Al Attas is one of only six male students at his college pursuing a Bachelor of Education (BEd). The Emirates College for Advanced Education (ECAE) in Abu Dhabi has a student...

The reduction, implemented recently, was confirmed by an official. The official explained, however, that the Dh2,000 deposit will be refunded only when the housemaid leaves the country. In the...

Abu Dhabi: Members of the Federal National Council have sounded alarm over the limited number of Emiratis in nursing profession. The House members said the Ministry of Health must work to raise the...

Hiring activity picked up in the third quarter of this fiscal on the back of the country's economy showing signs of recovery. The employment activity has shown improvements particularly in the key...

DUBAI — Fitness experts from Dubai Sports City have drawn up a simple but effective exercise programme for overweight teenagers across the UAE that will increase their fitness levels and help...

Health and education officials in Abu Dhabi have warned schools from hiring unqualified medical staff in their medical clinics, The National has reported. A quality audit team from Health...

Noor Islamic Bank PJSC announced it has enhanced its existing innovative 'Payroll Solution' to support the federal government's decree on Wage Protection System (WPS) that was launched earlier this...

Dubai: The demographic transition being experienced in the Middle East is leading to high unemployment and social exclusion, making it one of the most critical economic development challenges in the...

Al-Futtaim won the HR Initiative of the Year award at the Middle East HR Summit Excellence Awards 2009 this week for combining the SAP-based Human Capital Management System and e-recruitment...

Abu Dhabi: The UAE is exerting tremendous efforts to combat human trafficking, said Lieutenant General Saif Abdullah Al Sha'afar, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior, on Wednesday when he met...

Abu Dhabi: twofour54, the Abu Dhabi based content creation community, has launched freelance licenses for technical professionals working in the production industry. Aimed at responding to an...

Almost half of the UAE's employers are likely to hire in the next three months and the UAE is perceived as the best country to live and work in, says a study. According to the new Jobs Index...

A major recruitment racket run by swindlers, who falsely claim to represent leading UAE business groups and companies, is defrauding job hunters from around the world. Jobseekers have been told...