Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Unskilled workers likely to face residency cap

Unskilled workers likely to face residency cap
By Wafa Issa, Staff Reporter
Published in GulfNews.com: October 24, 2007, 23:44


Dubai: A minister hinted yesterday that the UAE would go ahead with the six-year residency cap for unskilled expatriate workers, even if a GCC-wide consensus is not reached in Doha in December.

Early this month, Bahrain proposed a six-year residency cap on foreign workers in the Gulf. Dr Ali Bin Abdullah Al Ka'abi, Minister of Labour, told Gulf News that the UAE will support the proposal during the next GCC-summit in Doha.

Dr Al Ka'abi said the country will go ahead with the six-year residency cap regardless of a pan-GCC consensus on the issue, if the newly-formed panel set up to look into the issue of demographic imbalance find it to be in the interest of the country. "Our main priority is the interests of this country. If the committee finds the residency cap to be in accordance with our interest we will go ahead without a GCC-wide consensus," Al Ka'abi said.

The committee, including members from several governmental bodies and experts, is expected to submit recommendation to the Ministry of Labour by November end.

The proposed residency cap of three years, renewable for another three years, will be applicable for unskilled labourers working in the GCC countries.

However, the cap would be applied in each country separately. The proposal under study in the UAE might allow workers to return after a year, said Al Ka'abi.


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2 comments:

  1. i doubt this will help UAE.. kung baga papalitan lang ng another batch of expat ang present expat...
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  2. Amazing – rotate the staff in so that you get new staff who have NO IDEA about the culture at all and as they are new come with a fresh new strain of “corrupting influence” and incompetency’s
    1. Go down town? Yes wear a microskirt with bare middrift – that’s what we do at home
    2. Got a problem with local boys! Flick them a finger; that’s what we do at home
    3. Need a favor – pass some money under the table – that’s what we do at home
    4. Don’t like the way the guy is looking at you – get the knife out – that’s what we do at home
    5. Want to swim in the sea – try a bikini, or if it’s really hot go topless – that’s what we do at home
    6. Want to motivate your staff – shout at them for failure; that always works cause – that’s what we do at home.
    7. Let’s get trained on the job at the company’s cost – that’s what we do at home
    Any others you care to add ?
    Oh! of course, after gaining the experience, training and learning how to fit in with local culture – get lost! Cause we need to start again
    PS - Oh ! and don’t forget – lock up all the locals so they cant get corrupted by going on holiday or business to all the places those so called “foreign corrupting influences” come from O
    PPS Oh ! and don’t forget – start making the big shot’s children , who never speak Arabic, only English, to start talking the talk and dressing the dress.
    PPPS Oh ! perhaps after all – its only about money, get rid of the ones who know how much they are worth and get in some new guys who don’t know 1-7 for half the cost.
    But then I can see that

    Bahraini Labour Minister Dr Majeed Al Alawi in his infinite wisdom didn’t have anything to do with
    Maryam Yusuf Jamal who was previously an Ethiopian runner getting Bahraini nationality; or
    Rashid Ramzi who was previously a Moroccan athlete ; and I am certain that Qatars Minister of Labour didn’t know anything about
    Felix Kikwai Kibore who was previously a Kenyan athlete or
    James Kwalia C Kurui who was also a Kenyan athlete getting Qatari Nationality
    I can’t be bothered to list all the others but you get my drift – keep the culture pure unless we will not have any medals
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