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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