New rules for Bangladeshi job-seekers in UAE soon
Wednesday, 17 October 2007
FE Report
Bangladeshi workers seeking employment in the UAE will have to provide qualification and experience certificates before being offered jobs, according to new rules expected to come into force shortly.
"New workers coming to the UAE for employment should submit certificate of qualification even if they practise professions based on expertise," Khaleej Times, a leading English daily of UAE, quoted the country's Minister of Labour Dr Ali bin Abdullah Al Kaabi as saying.
Dr Al Kaabi said the ministry had exempted those who were already working in the country and occupying administrative and other professional positions.
"The UAE welcomes innovative professionals and experts regardless of their source of origin. We will not be lenient to unearth and pursue unqualified and untrustworthy persons," he emphasised.
He explained that the process of verifying qualifications would be expanded to also include applicants who needed their labour cards to be renewed.
He indicated the ministry in September 2005 launched a system for multi-layered degree attestation and verification to root out the menace of fake degrees.
The minister revealed that more than 100,000 degrees obtained by their holders from educational institutions from Egypt, India, the Philippines, Pakistan and UK had been verified so far.
"The updating and upgrading of the verification software, developed by Integra Screen, has become an urgent imperative to maintain the quality of workforce in the country in light of the increasing population and steady growth of domestic economy," he noted.
Bangladeshi workers seeking employment in the UAE will have to provide qualification and experience certificates before being offered jobs, according to new rules expected to come into force shortly.
"New workers coming to the UAE for employment should submit certificate of qualification even if they practise professions based on expertise," Khaleej Times, a leading English daily of UAE, quoted the country's Minister of Labour Dr Ali bin Abdullah Al Kaabi as saying.
Dr Al Kaabi said the ministry had exempted those who were already working in the country and occupying administrative and other professional positions.
"The UAE welcomes innovative professionals and experts regardless of their source of origin. We will not be lenient to unearth and pursue unqualified and untrustworthy persons," he emphasised.
He explained that the process of verifying qualifications would be expanded to also include applicants who needed their labour cards to be renewed.
He indicated the ministry in September 2005 launched a system for multi-layered degree attestation and verification to root out the menace of fake degrees.
The minister revealed that more than 100,000 degrees obtained by their holders from educational institutions from Egypt, India, the Philippines, Pakistan and UK had been verified so far.
"The updating and upgrading of the verification software, developed by Integra Screen, has become an urgent imperative to maintain the quality of workforce in the country in light of the increasing population and steady growth of domestic economy," he noted.