Sahim Salim

Other conditions include payment of all premiums on time, not being unemployed for disciplinary reasons

Top official explains if exempted categories like freezone employees or domestic workers can sign up for unemployment protection scheme

In less than a year, single-use plastic shopping bags will be banned across all stores and shopping malls

MoHRE explains requirements, says it has already penalised companies Dh72,000 for each Emirati not appointed in 2022

Employees who don’t pay the penalties will not be eligible for new work permits

The three-month cash benefit can be suspended or withheld under certain conditions specified in the new law

Subscription to the scheme started on January 1, 2023, for Emiratis and expats employed in federal government departments and private sector companies

Named after the late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, former Ruler of Dubai, the rover lifted off on December 11 from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

Subscribing to a plan under the scheme is mandatory, with fines of up to Dh400 listed for failure to do so

13 official public holidays in 2023: How expats use long weekends to travel the world, while saving up annual leaves to visit their home countries