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Dubai: According to the new Ministry of Labour rule female expatriates who are under the sponsorship of their mothers, brothers, uncles or other family members can now work in UAE. This move will help female expatriates to take up job legally.
Earlier only female expatriates under the sponsorship of their father or husband were allowed to work in the UAE. Under the labour law no expatriate are allowed to work in the country unless they obtain a work permit and labour card.
Humaid Bin Deemas, Acting Director General at the Ministry, told Gulf News, with the new decision females who are under the sponsorship of family members such as the mother, brother or uncles can work in the country after acquiring a labour card.
"The aim of the new rule which give an opportunity for this category of people to work in the country which will increase the productivity of the local workforce and thus to lessen our dependency on foreign recruitment," said Bin Deemas.
The UAE laws do not allow expatriates' families to sponsor a male after the age of 18 years, but females can continue to be sponsored until they get married, when the sponsorship is usually transferred from her father to her husband.
"The rule will be applicable for any female who have a valid residency in the country regardless of the kin relationship of her sponsor. I have personally come across cases who are under the sponsorship of her brother or uncle why should they be prohibited from working in the country," said Bin Deemas.
Earlier, some cases in this category used to gain exemption from the Ministry, but with the implementation of the new rule this is no longer necessary, according to Bin Deemas.
Source – www.gulfnews.com
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