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Secretaries cannot bypass emiratisation rule
Many expatriate secretaries, looking for a loophole in the system to continue working here after emiratisation comes into effect, have been outsmarted by the Ministry of Labour.
- By Sunita Menon, Staff Reporter
- Published: 00:00 July 15, 2006
Dubai: Many expatriate secretaries, looking for a loophole in the system to continue working here after emiratisation comes into effect, have been outsmarted by the Ministry of Labour.
As per a decision issued by the Ministry of Labour on June 24, expatriate secretaries and human resources managers in the private sector will be replaced by UAE nationals.
A surprise awaits them if they approach typing centres to submit online applications under "other professional categories."
Dodge
The ministry has deleted the "category of other professional options" from online application forms so as to ensure that no one is able to bypass the system, said typing centre employees.
"A number of secretaries who want to submit new application forms under 'other professional category' have been approaching us. They are unaware that they no longer can dodge the ministry.
They then get disgruntled and take their anger out on us," said Abu Baker, a typing centre employee in Karama.
Typing centre employees who spoke to Gulf News said they had even been approached by company PROs hoping to retain their secretaries by submitting a new application in their name under other professional categories.
The method used is to get acquainted with the typing centre staff first. Then somewhere along the line they ask us to tell them how to get their new labour form submitted, said Nasser Jamaluddin Koya, a typing service provider.
"People insist we show them a way out. How can we? Some spend more than an hour at our centre chatting and airing their disappointment," said Mohammad Abdullah Bashir.
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