UAE: 14 exemptions for labour fines

Dubai: The Labour Minister in a new Ministerial decision listed 14 exemptions to the Cabinet decision on fines regarding labour permits.

The decision, signed on April 26 and distributed on Monday to the media, forgives workers and companies in 14 different circumstances from paying fines for expired labour permits and for delay in issuing them.

The categories include workers who have left the country before their labour permit expired and have spent at least six months outside the UAE or their residency visa has also expired.
Companies who reported workers as absconding before 2002, who were not issued a labour permit or who have an expired labour permit will also not pay fines.

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UAE : Residents with Dh 10,000 salary can sponsor friends on visit visa

DUBAI – Residents of Dubai who are wishing to sponsor friends on visit visas are entitled to sponsor them, provided they earn a total minimum of Dh10,000 salary, clarified a customer service officer yesterday (April 20, 2006).

“This rule has been enforced for about a year-and-a-half,” she said, responding to a resident who was enquiring at the service desk about any entitlement for sponsoring a friend and was confused about the minimum salary required to avail of this service.

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Lebanon's Sri Lankan maids tell their story .....

Apr 19 (Aljazeera)

The film Maid in Lebanon is a tale of exile, occasional abuse and even death. It documents the fate of Sri Lankan women seeking better wages abroad to support their families.

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