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Jinendra Sancheti, Regional Managing Director - Middle East & Africa - TNT has been recognized as the 'Personality of the year - land transport' for his stellar performance at the recent MELA...

Dubai: Workers caught working on probationary basis with the approval of their former employers risk imprisonment and deportation if they haven't completed procedures to legalise their status with...

In line with its succession planning, global marine terminal operator DP World today announced the appointment of Matt Leech to the position of Senior Vice President and Managing Director for the...

Abu Dhabi: As a reward for their hard work, the first group of the UAE outstanding students flew out to Canada, New Zealand and Australia to improve their English language and IT skills...[Read full...

Abu Dhabi: The Board of Abu Dhabi Retirement Pensions and Benefits Fund have been reshuffled, according to an Emiri decree issued by President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in his...

Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI), one of the pioneering media organizations and creative services group in the Middle East, today announced it has signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU) with the...

Dubai: Private schools will opt for extended school hours or work on Saturdays to make up for the loss of academic days, following the Ministry of Education's decision to delay the reopening of all...

Dubai: Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) and the American University in the Emirates (AUE) came together on Thursday in a bid to further develop the UAE workforce. Heads of both organisations signed a...

Dubai: Parents welcomed the decision to reopen schools after Eid holidays in September. However, they are concerned about how they will keep their children occupied during the extra free time.Harry...

The Human Resources & Development Dep't at Administrative Corporate Support Services Sector of Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) is getting ready for receiving more than 190 batch of Students...

AED 975 promotion includes roundtrip ticket to Sharjah from any Air Arabia destination and one-month UAE tourist visa. Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) in the Middle East and...

The Permanent Committee of Labour Affairs in Dubai collaborated with the Ministry of Labour in the creation of three inspection teams to ensure that companies apply the mid-day work ban.The ban will...

Dubai: The Permanent Committee of Labour Affairs in Dubai collaborated with the Ministry of Labour in the creation of three inspection teams to ensure that companies apply the midday work ban. The...

Abu Dhabi: Expatriate residents who want to bring their families into the country should now earn a minimum monthly salary of Dh10,000 and provide their family with independent accommodation, a...

Abu Dhabi: The Ministry of Education (MoE) decided to form a committee to review the teachers’ employment system, salaries, evaluation system, and appraisal of the types of teaching staff...

Dubai: The Dubai e-Government Resources Planning and Management System proceeded with the immediate activation of the law issued by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President...

Dubai: Workers will be able to file anonymous complaints with the Ministry of Labour if they are forced to work during the midday break, which starts today, said a senior official. The midday break...

Mandarin Chinese was announced as the next free course at Eton Institute for the month of July. An entire beginner level of a featured language is offered free every month as part of its CSR...

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the technology company HP announced today the opening of 20 additional training centres in Africa and the Middle East to expand HP's...

Managing office politics can be quite a task, but when you are a manager, you have signed up for pretty much everything that comes your way. The good news is that you can control the gossip and...

Managing office politics can be quite a task, but when you are a manager, you have signed up for pretty much everything that comes your way. The good news is that you can control the gossip and...

Dubai/ Abu Dhabi: Offices can be extremely demanding in terms of deadlines, meetings and specific job requirements and can have a destabilising effect on health. A recent report by one of the...

The first generation of 38 future leaders have graduated from Dubai Holding's Leadon programme, which is designed to develop individuals with high potential. The graduation ceremony was attended by...

Abu Dhabi: Summer is the best time to register and apply for a national ID as registration centres are not crowded because many people are on vacation, a senior official of the Emirates Identity...

Dubai: International cooperation is a necessity to combat human trafficking, according to a Dubai government official."Just changing the laws and regulations isn't going to solve the...

Dubai: UAE Labour Minister Saqr Gobash Saeed Gobash has described the Dubai Courts' project, Preparing Judge, as a pioneering step that will speed up the adjudication of labour cases. He recommended...

The American University in Dubai (AUD) has announced the launch of two new MBA progammes, Management of Construction Enterprises and Health Care Management. The courses, which will take place in the...

Dubai's private schools are focusing more than ever on teacher recruitment and selection, as a result of the ongoing demands of the city's parents and students.According to Dr. Michael Gemma, Head of...

Etisalat Academy today announced that students studying for the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) exam papers have consistently achieved a pass rate much higher than the global...

Dubai: A decision to do away with the sponsorship system will affect the interests of the private sector and alter the demographic structure, business leaders said on Wednesday.They were responding...

Emirates NBD, one of the largest banking groups in the Middle East, celebrated the graduation of its senior managers who successfully completed the Diploma in Business Leadership (DBL)...

Dubai: The business community has advised caution in response to a call by Dubai Police chief Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim to abolish the sponsorship system. Any plan to abolish the...

HSBC Bank International today revealed that the current economic crisis has had a significant impact on expats' financial situation, according to the world's largest survey of expats, Expat...

Dubai's labour court heard three times the number of cases over the past six months compared to the same period last year, according to The National. More than 2,658 cases have been filed...[Read...

Dubai: An estimated 230,000 Sri Lankans in the UAE are required to register themselves with their diplomatic missions by July 31. A lack of community data has often resulted in difficulties in...

Dubai: The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has launched a heat safety campaign for Dubai Metro workers to create awareness among them on how to protect themselves during the extremely hot...

Abu Dhabi: Emiratis working in the private sector constitute 0.3 per cent of the total number of workforce registered with the Ministry of Labour (MoL) according to a study conducted by Dr. Ahmad...

Dubai's Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Rera) has announced it has accomplished unifying real estate evaluation reports, licensing and qualifying real estate valuers and evaluation companies in...

Abu Dhabi: Summer leave salaries will be transferred to the relevant banks, which will later deposit them in the accounts of the teaching staff of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Social...

MONEYworks Magazine announced that it has hosted its first Young Professionals Evening in the Al Nojoom Ballroom of the Shangri-La Hotel Dubai on the 17th of June...[Read full story]