Employees of companies in free zones should only work in those areas where their work permits are valid, Humaid bin Deemas, the Ministry of Labour, clarified.
DUBAI,2011,December,31: Employees of companies in free zones (FZs) should only work in those areas where their work permits are valid and not in the main commercial centres in the country, Humaid bin Deemas, Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour, clarified during an Open Day here on Thursday. He said this when the owner of a free zone company applied for an exemption from paying fines imposed as some of his workers were found working outside the free zone. The application was rejected. Bin Deemas said: “They are not qualified to work in the main areas of the UAE. The conditions in the free zones are liberal and there is no fair competition as requirements for workers in other areas differ.” The owner of another company requested for a reduction in fines imposed on his firm because his service agent, who was responsible for official matters, did not inform him of some pending penalties as he had died two years back. Bin Deemas accepted his request saying: “The company wasn’t informed about these fines, and he brought in a death certificate as evidence. In such cases, we accept the fine reduction request.”Employees of companies in free zones (FZs) should only work in those areas where their work permits are valid and not in the main commercial centres in the country, Humaid bin Deemas, Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour, clarified during an Open Day here on Thursday.
A woman came with her teenage daughter with an interesting request. She claimed her daughter was the owner of the shop she worked in and asked for an exemption from a fine of Dh9,000 slapped on the firm. The woman said she did not have any income to support herself except from her job at the wedding arrangement shop purportedly owned by the minor girl. Bin Deemas refused to reduce the fine and informed her that it was the owner’s responsibility to pay the fine or file a complaint at the ministry. When informed that the owner was her teenage daughter, he said: “This case is closed and does not make any sense. How can a teenager own a company and hire her/his father/mother to work in it? There is something wrong.”
Another employer came with a request to give permits to employ 50 more workers by his firm as the Labour Ministry office in Dubai has only given him permits for only five workers. After reviewing the office’s report, which said the owner had not provided suitable housing for 50 workers, Bin Deemas said: “If there are new contracts requiring more workers and the owner has arranged suitable housing, we can approve such requests.”
DUBAI,2011,December,31: Employees of companies in free zones (FZs) should only work in those areas where their work permits are valid and not in the main commercial centres in the country, Humaid bin Deemas, Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour, clarified during an Open Day here on Thursday. He said this when the owner of a free zone company applied for an exemption from paying fines imposed as some of his workers were found working outside the free zone. The application was rejected. Bin Deemas said: “They are not qualified to work in the main areas of the UAE. The conditions in the free zones are liberal and there is no fair competition as requirements for workers in other areas differ.” The owner of another company requested for a reduction in fines imposed on his firm because his service agent, who was responsible for official matters, did not inform him of some pending penalties as he had died two years back. Bin Deemas accepted his request saying: “The company wasn’t informed about these fines, and he brought in a death certificate as evidence. In such cases, we accept the fine reduction request.”Employees of companies in free zones (FZs) should only work in those areas where their work permits are valid and not in the main commercial centres in the country, Humaid bin Deemas, Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour, clarified during an Open Day here on Thursday.
A woman came with her teenage daughter with an interesting request. She claimed her daughter was the owner of the shop she worked in and asked for an exemption from a fine of Dh9,000 slapped on the firm. The woman said she did not have any income to support herself except from her job at the wedding arrangement shop purportedly owned by the minor girl. Bin Deemas refused to reduce the fine and informed her that it was the owner’s responsibility to pay the fine or file a complaint at the ministry. When informed that the owner was her teenage daughter, he said: “This case is closed and does not make any sense. How can a teenager own a company and hire her/his father/mother to work in it? There is something wrong.”
Another employer came with a request to give permits to employ 50 more workers by his firm as the Labour Ministry office in Dubai has only given him permits for only five workers. After reviewing the office’s report, which said the owner had not provided suitable housing for 50 workers, Bin Deemas said: “If there are new contracts requiring more workers and the owner has arranged suitable housing, we can approve such requests.”