Stay Alert - Female job seeker travel to UAE

Dear Members,
I have been informed about a case where a Sri Lankan female job seeker has been kidnapped and kept in a secret location by another Sri Lankan lady in UAE
When explored further into the case, what I can see is, family members back home have acted very careless and they do not even have a copy of the travelers passport or visa copy. 
1. Please be extra careful when single females travel into any unknown country. 

2. Do background checks and look for some relative or friend in UAE before departure 

3. Prostitution rackets are happening time to time therefore, do not get caught to human traffickers 

4. Wherever you stay, provide location pin / address details to your loved ones or friends. In case of emergency, these information would be useful 

5. Using shared bed spaces can be tricky and dangerous to young girls 

6. Use a SLBFE registered / UAE registered Travel agent whenever possible

7. Airport pickup and transportation : Make sure you have agreed with your company or boss, who will come to collect you from the airport. Get their name and contact number (if possible vehicle number) in advance. Check these details and only if they match, get into their vehicle 

8. Work while on visit visa - Some companies will interview you and then ask you to work for them while on visit visa. This is illegal and in most cases, they will let you work for them till your visit is over and kick you out with no salary. 

Remember, those who come on visit visas do not receive a lot of support from Sri Lankan Embassy in UAE. Their priority is only those come with a SLBFE stamp ( I personally discussed and verified this matter with the officials in Abu Dhabi SL embassy)
If you get into any trouble, your first point of contact should be Dubai police. They are very capable and professional 
Sahana foundation is also there, but I am not sure how much they can do for those on visit visas

Regards,

Sanjeewa - Admin

Thank you note from Sagarika Muthukumarana

Thank you very much Jobs4lankankans.
Finally, I got the offer after 5 months in UAE.
Special Thanks goes to Maliga Marasinghe to post that job opening last week on the page wall.
Thank you Sanjeewa Marasinghe for the guideline and assistant that you have provided me during the job hunting also thanks for other members who are sharing the job openings.

Also, I would like to share my job hunting experience with job seekers.
Khaleej Times and Get that website (Link are specified below) are publishing accurate and effective jobs with direct company email addresses.

https://buzzon.khaleejtimes.com/ad-category/jobs-vacancies/
https://getthat.com/jobs

Also, upload the CV in official company websites.

Finally, I need to say "Never give up".

Thank you note from Supum Perera

Hi guys, Thank you for those who help me to find out a job for my wife. After and after lots of effort she got a job. Lots of people tried to help me. Again thanks for everyone.

Beware of Fake Job Agents and Individuals

Admin Note :

රට රැකියාවකට එන්න උත්සාහ කරන එක ලංකාවේ හම්බවෙන සොච්චන් පඩියෙන් ජීවත් වෙන්න බැරිව ඉන්න ගොඩක් අයගේ ආසාවක් .. සිහිනයක්

සමහරු තමන්ගේ යාලුවන්ගේ / පවුලේ අයගේ උදව්වෙන් ඒ සිහිනය සැබෑ කරගන්නවා

නමුත්, ගොඩක් අය තමන්ගේ වටේ ඉන්න සමාජයේ උදව් බලාපොරොත්තු වෙනවා

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කිසිම හැදියාවක් නැති, මනුස්ස කමක් නැති, සල්ලි පස්සෙම පෙරේතයෝ වගේ දුවන කට්ටියක් කට ඇරගෙන බලාගෙන ඉන්නවා, ඔය දෙවනියට කියපු කට්ටියව බිලී බාගන්න (අපේම සහ වෙනත් රට වල අය)

වෙලා තියෙන්නේ, ගොඩක් අය අසරණයි.. ප්‍රශ්න ගොඩයි .. මොනවා හරි කරලා, රටින් එලියට පැනගන්නයි බලන්නේ

කිසිම වෙලාවක, සල්ලි දීල ජොබ් ගන්න හිතන්න එපා .. ඔය ඉල්ලන ලොකු ගනන් දෙන්නත් එපා .. passport එක agency වලට දෙන්නත් එපා .. විසා හදන්න original passport ඕනේ නැහැ

gulfnews / dubizzle වල තියෙන සමහර දැන්වීම් බොරු ඒවා .. interview එන අයගෙන් සල්ලි කඩාගන්න එක ඒගොල්ලෝ කරන්නේ .. පරිස්සමෙන්

jobs4lankans එකේ හොර රස්සාවල් දාල, ඒවගෙන් අපේම නංගිලා, මල්ලිලාගෙන් සල්ලි කඩාගන්න බලාගෙන ඉන්න ගොඩක් අය ඉන්නවා.. ගැණු / පිරිමි දෙගොල්ලොම .. විශ්වාස කරන්න එපා

මාසේ Dubai විසා වලට යන්නේ රුපියල් 14,700 වගේ .. මාස තුනක විසා එකක් නම් රුපියල් 42000 වගේ .. ඉන්න bed space එකක්, රුපියල් 25000 වගේ (මාසෙට) .. කාමරයක්නම් රුපියල් 42000 වගේ ඉඳල (පැත්තේ හැටියට)

ඇයි මේ ලක්ස තුන ඉල්ලන හොරුන්ට අහු වෙන්නේ ?

වට පිටේ ඉන්න හැමෝටම මේ ගැන කියන්න.. විශේෂයෙන්ම ලංකාවේ ඉන්න අයට ..

jobs4lankans සමූහයෙන් ඕගොල්ලන්ට අවශ්‍ය දැනුම සහ ආරක්ෂාව ලබා දෙන්න අපි හැම වෙලාවේම උත්සාහ කරන්නේ

අහු වෙන්න එපා හොරුන්ට .. අපිව දැනුවත් කරන්න .. එහෙම රස්සාවල් දෙනව කියල සල්ලි ඉල්ලුවොත් ..

Thank you note from Jaliya Kanish Liyanage

I want to thnkx jobs4lankans.i got a job.this is the greatest job Sanjeewa aiya that your done in your life helping people's. Finally I like to thnkx who help me to get this job Mr.Shifan Uvais. I found him in Job4lankans group and I ask him a job vacancies in his hotel.he is a such a good person he reply me to send my cv then they call me to interview. Last I got it. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. im really happy. Once again thank you jobs4lankans and Mr. Shifan Uvais.

GAMCA Medical Sri Lanka

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Switching jobs in UAE? Don't forget these 6 things

Changing jobs in UAE can be tricky with contracts involved. Tread carefully to avoid the ban.

Dubai has abundant opportunities for expats relocating to the city for better pastures. While working with a company, there might always be the temptation to take up a better-paying job. But you need to be careful before switching jobs as it may invite a ban. 

Understand the technicalities of entering into a limited or unlimited contract with your employer before signing one. Also, pick your job carefully after extensive research as switching jobs might not be as easy.

We address the top 6 concerns to be considered before switching jobs in the emirates:

Get an NOC from your employer

After the completion of a limited contract of two years, both the employer and the employee have to agree on termination and non-renewal of the contract. After both the parties have agreed, you can secure a no-objection certificate from your current employer and submit it to your prospective employer. Also, remember that in case of conflict with your current employer, your future employer may not be able to help you in the removal of your ban, if imposed.

No ban if you finish 2 years of employment

If you signed a limited contract of two years and have terminated your employment after the completion of the decided period of continuous service, you will not face an employment ban. Further, you may note that you shall be entitled to receive your leave salary for the number of days of paid leave that were not availed by you.

More details - Planning to switch jobs? Know how to avoid ban

Terminating the contract within two years

If both the employer and employee mutually agree to terminate the contract within the completion of two years, an NOC can be issued by the employer. Considering a situation where your employer imposes a ban for termination of contract, the employee shall be liable to compensate the employer for up to half the employee's remuneration for three months. In case, the employer has breached the contract, he shall be liable to compensate the employee for three months of remuneration.  

More details -Renewed contract? Complete a year before changing jobs

Quitting within the contract period

If you quit before the completion of your contract period of two years, you will be liable to compensate your employer with an amount not exceeding your 45 days' remuneration.If the employer proceeds with an action against you, an employment ban may be imposed. It can be avoided if the employer and the employee have mutually agreed to the termination of the contract.

Importantly, it should also be noted that an employee terminating his employment before the completion of two years may not be imposed an employment ban if he has been offered a salary in accordance with his professional qualifications by the prospective employer. In this regard, it should be noted that certain professionals (ex. engineers) are exempted from an imposition of a labour ban to change employment from one employer to the other.

More details - No ban if you finish 2 years of employment

Working on an unlimited contract

In cases where the employee is working with a company on an unlimited contract, a one month notice period is enough before switching your job. The employer can also terminate the services of its employee with a 30-day notice period. If either of the parties cannot complete the notice period, then the one responsible for reducing the notice period must compensate the other party.

More details -One-month notice is all it takes to quit the job

Taking the new job while fighting the ex-employer

If the employee is embroiled in a legal battle with his ex-employer, he can take up a new offer from a different employer. You may apply for a temporary work permit, which will allow you to work with your prospective employer for a period of six months pending the litigation.

More details - You can accept job as you fight case against ex-boss

https://www.khaleejtimes.com/switching-jobs-in-uae-dont-forget-these-6-things

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