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    What details should your UAE job offer letter include?

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    What details should your UAE job offer letter include?

    Received a job offer? Here is what you need to check


    Published:  July 01, 2021 18:24 Huda Tabrez, Living in UAE Editor

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    If you have just received an offer letter from a company in the UAE, there are a few elements in the letter that are important to check.
    How to check your offer letter Image Credit: Clint Egbert/Gulf News
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    In an awareness post on its social media channels, the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE) said that Tas’heel centres offer companies the service of issuing a job offer letter to future employees.
    The Ministry took to social media to raise awareness. Image Credit: Clint Egbert/Gulf News
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    The job offer letter should include some basic details of the work relationship, including: •	Details of your salary (basic and allowance) •	The duration of the contract •	Work conditions
    What details should the offer letter include? Image Credit: Clint Egbert/Gulf News
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    The post also said that the offer should be issued in the worker’s language, which is essential for recruiting and employing new workers in an establishment.
    To ensure transparency, the offer letter should be provided in a language that the employee understands. Image Credit: Shutterstock
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    Apart from English and Arabic, the job offer can be provided in the following languages: 1.	Bengali 2.	Chinese 3.	Dari 4.	Hindi
    The Ministry allows companies to provide the offer letter and job contract in nine languages apart from English and Arabic. Image Credit: Pexels
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    5.	Malayalam 6.	Nepalese 7.	Sinhalese 8.	Tamil  9.	Urdu
    Languages that the offer letter can be issued in. Image Credit: Clint Egbert/Gulf News
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    Check the annexure The offer letter should also contain an annexure that summarises key aspects of the country’s labour laws. This can also be provided in the worker’s preferred language.
    It is important to know your rights and responsibilities as a worker in the UAE. Image Credit: Clint Egbert/Gulf News
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    Both parties are required to sign the job offer letter.  As per labour reform regulations effective 2016, an offer letter made to a foreign worker becomes legally binding after it is signed by both parties.
    An offer letter to a foreign worker signed by both parties becomes a legal contract. Image Credit: Clint Egbert/Gulf News
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    Check the employment contract After the job offer, you will receive an employment contract. It is important to check details mentioned in the contract as well, to ensure the details are the same as mentioned in the job offer.
    Also read: Six rules every employee needs to follow in the UAE – gulfnews.com/1.1622732356171 Image Credit: Pexels
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    According to the UAE government’s official website, u.ae, the employer must ensure that the employee has read the offer letter and understood it.
    Also read: My Labour contract is different from the offer letter, what can I do? – gulfnews.com/1.1598796659636 Image Credit: Clint Egbert/Gulf News
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    If it is proven that a worker did not go through the annexes before signing the labour contract, the employer will be fined Dh20,000 for submitting incorrect data to MoHRE.
    Not shown your labour contract? You can refuse to sign it – gulfnews.com/1.1614495014342 Image Credit: Clint Egbert/Gulf News
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