UAE, India to sign MoU on regulating entry of workers
United Arab Emirates will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with four countries, including India, on regulating entry of foreign workers in the Gulf state.
By PTI |
DUBAI: United Arab Emirates will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with four countries, including India, on regulating entry of foreign workers in the Gulf state.
During his month-end visit to the Indian subcontinent, the UAE labour minister Ali Bin Abdullah Al Kaabi will sign a MoU with the countries supplying manpower to the UAE which has a provision to put a limit on the number of foreign workers.
The MoU will put a cap on the number of workers from each country as well as address issues of recruitment of labourers, regulating the employment procedure by incorporating welfare schemes, the minister said in Abu Dhabi. Over 80 per cent of the UAE population are workers from other countries, majority of them hailing from India.
The minister, who will visit India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, will be accompanied by a large delegation of UAE-based businessmen from those countries.
The MoU aims at setting out regulations and restrictions to prevent non-compliance with international criteria on employment and entry of foreign workforce into the UAE, Al Kaabi was quoted as saying by the state-run news agency.
The MoU would develop a new system for bringing workforce into the country based on coordination between the UAE Labour Ministry and labour offices in the manpower supplying countries, he said.
Under the new system, the UAE government will approve and attest labour contracts electronically after the labourer is informed about the details of the contract, including his rights and duties before his arrival in the UAE, Al Kaabi added.
During his month-end visit to the Indian subcontinent, the UAE labour minister Ali Bin Abdullah Al Kaabi will sign a MoU with the countries supplying manpower to the UAE which has a provision to put a limit on the number of foreign workers.
The MoU will put a cap on the number of workers from each country as well as address issues of recruitment of labourers, regulating the employment procedure by incorporating welfare schemes, the minister said in Abu Dhabi. Over 80 per cent of the UAE population are workers from other countries, majority of them hailing from India.
The minister, who will visit India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, will be accompanied by a large delegation of UAE-based businessmen from those countries.
The MoU aims at setting out regulations and restrictions to prevent non-compliance with international criteria on employment and entry of foreign workforce into the UAE, Al Kaabi was quoted as saying by the state-run news agency.
The MoU would develop a new system for bringing workforce into the country based on coordination between the UAE Labour Ministry and labour offices in the manpower supplying countries, he said.
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Under the new system, the UAE government will approve and attest labour contracts electronically after the labourer is informed about the details of the contract, including his rights and duties before his arrival in the UAE, Al Kaabi added.
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