New developments hold key to the future of work, expert says
I have been working in Sharjah and I have completed nine months of service. I am planning to change my job as I received a job offer from a Dubai company. I need to resign, but I have not completed two years. Will a six-month labour ban be enforced? My current Sharjah-based employer is ready to release me. Is there a way to lift the ban and join the new company?
Since, you have not completed two years with your current employer, a ban for a period of six months will be automatically imposed on you by the Ministry of Labour.
However, if you prove that you are falling in any of the following categories as mentioned in the Cabinet Resolution No 25 of 2010, regarding internal work permit at the Ministry of Labour, you can join the Dubai company without a ban:
Mushtaq Ahmad Jan is a lawyer at the Global Advocates and Legal Consultants, with a Master’s Degree in International Commercial Law, University of Hull, Kingston-upon-Hull, England. Readers may e-mail their questions to: news@khaleejtimes.com or send them to: Legal View, Khaleej Times, PO Box 11243, Dubai.
New developments hold key to the future of work, expert says
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