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Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 - 10:29 Makkah mean time-18-3-1437
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Abu Dhabi, (IINA) - The UAE’s Ministry of Labor will lift a six-month employment ban starting from January 2016. However, the rule takes effect only if a labor contract was cancelled by mutual consent, local media reported.
The cancellation of the ban is part of labor reforms that were introduced in September this year and are expected to take effect in January 2016.
Assistant Undersecretary at Ministry of Labor Humaid Al-Suwaidi noted that employees will be allowed to join another company if they did not complete two years at their current employer, provided they have the company's consent.
However, he pointed out that employees who have not yet completed six months with the first facility will be exempted from this clause.
Currently, all workers who terminate their employment contracts mutually even after two years of employment are not allowed to join a new company until after six months of the cancellation of the work permit.
However, with the new rules coming into force, employees will be handed a new labor card immediately once they join a new role.
Al-Suwaidi said that 340,000 workers, who did not complete two years, were unable to get a new work permit last year because of the previous rule.
He noted that the measures were part of the UAE’s efforts to improve the mobility and flexibility of the labor force within the market to make it more competitive.
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