A nice decision which will definitely help an employee for the better opportunities …
Workers can move to another firm if sacked
Labour Ministry says move allowed even before the end of two-year period
The Ministry of Labour has already allowed many workers to transfer their visa after they were sacked by their employer.
Workers sacked by their employers can move to another company even if they have not completed the two-year period specified in a new law allowing conditional transfer of sponsorship in the UAE, a labour official was reported on Saturday as saying.
The Ministry of Labour has already allowed many workers to transfer their visa after they were sacked by their employers although they have been with them for less than two years and most of them were not among the three job categories allowed to change sponsor.
“Since the new law was enforced (at the start of 2011), the Ministry of Labour has agreed to applications by a large number of workers to move to another company although they have not completed the two-year period or are not within the three job categories permitted to switch to new sponsors,” said Humaid bin Dimas, Director of labour affairs at the Ministry of Labour.
“These workers did not have any labour disputes with their original sponsors and we approved their applications after we made sure that their services were terminated by their employers and that they were not the reason for their sacking,” he told ‘Emarat Al Youm’ newspaper.
Dimas said the ministry had rejected some applications by sacked workers because they failed to report to the ministry within two months after their services were terminated or after their firm was shut down for any reason.
“We considered these as illegal residents in the UAE…it is the only case which is rejected by the ministry because we do not want to violate our own laws and procedures.”
Dimas said the ministry is empowered to decide on whether the company or the sacked worker is to blame for service termination.
“In case the worker feels that the decision is unfair, he can appeal with the minister or the ministry’s undersecretary or even court.”