ABU DHABI: The Ministry of Labor here announced an easy plan to settle fines with the ministry.
The settlement covers labor cards and work mission cards which expire before the end of the year. The employer can pay a maximum of AED5,000 against all duration before Saturday with a maximum AED1,000 for failing to issue or renew these cards which were overdue from Dec. 31, 2005, or AED4,000 for not issuing or renewing labor cards or work mission cards which were overdue from Jan. 1, 2006, Dec. 31 Dec. 2010.
As of the beginning of the year, the fine for not issuing or renewing the labor card will be AED1,000 per month. Failing to issue or renew work mission card will entail a fine of AED100 per day.
Labor Minister Saqr Gobash said the new resolution aims at encouraging employers to clear their accumulated fines.
''An employer who could have paid AED50,000 for not issuing a labor card for his employee for ten years, will only pay less than AED5,000 in the new system," the minister clarified.
Meanwhile, the Labor Ministry also said that expatriate workers who have received a six-month ban on leaving their jobs recently will be able to obtain new work permits from Jan. 1, if they have completed two years with their former employers.
Humaid Bin Deemas, acting director-general at the ministry, said these workers will be issued new work permits from January even if they have not served the full six-month ban, Bin Deemas said.
"Following the implementation of the new rules by the Ministry of Labor, expatriate workers who have completed two years with their employers can change jobs without serving the ban," he added.
© Arab News 2010
