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Emiratisation 'won't target expat secretaries in small businesses'
The Labour Ministry will not target jobs in small businesses in its drive to replace expatriate workers with UAE nationals in secretarial posts.
- By Samir Salama, Bureau Chief
- Published: 00:00 July 2, 2006
Abu Dhabi: The Labour Ministry will not target jobs in small businesses in its drive to replace expatriate workers with UAE nationals in secretarial posts.
"Our goal is to recruit UAE nationals in jobs which offer good salaries and career prospects," Ahmad Kajoor, assistant undersecretary of the ministry, told Gulf News.
On how the ministry would implement a decision announced by Labour Minister Dr Ali Bin Abdullah Al Ka'abi to replace expatriate human resources managers and secretaries with UAE nationals, Kajoor said all applications for secretarial posts will be studied carefully "but we will not target jobs in small businesses."
Only half of expatriate secretaries may be made redundant as the labour ministry may target 10,000 such jobs for UAE nationals, the minister said.
Under the ministry decision, secretaries who hold valid labour cards and are recruited by virtue of job contracts will remain in their jobs until the end of their limited-period contracts or otherwise until the end of the labour cards, "whichever is earlier".
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