UAE Ministry of Labour

Type: Organization

Name: UAE Ministry of Labour

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Experts give clarion call for greater Emiratisation in private sector

Dubai: Experts engaged in promoting Emiratisation have urged private sector companies to look for new avenues to recruit and retain more Emiratis as the number of Emirati jobseekers is growing fast in the country.Speaking at the second Vision2Reality ... [Published The Gulf Today - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Sharjah Islamic Bank, Ali Ibrahim, Dubai

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 15 hours ago - 2 reports

Mostly Asian expat workers end UAE strike: Arabtec

DUBAI: Thousands of mainly Asian expatriate workers in the have ended a strike they began at the weekend in a rare stoppage aimed at improving their conditions, their employer said on Wednesday."Arabtec confirms that all workers returned to work with ... [Published Economic Times - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Arabtec Holding PJSC, Workers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

TBWA Worldwide

Creativity and innovation at the workplace crucial for economic growth and motivated employees

UAE. In a recent international survey by recruitment agency Robert Half, 35 per cent of senior managers cited a lack of new ideas as the biggest roadblock to organisational breakthroughs.Executives also identified excessive bureaucracy (24 per cent) and ... [Published Business Intelligence Middle East - May 22 2013]

Entities: Creativity, Invention, Economic Growth, United Arab Emirates, TBWA Worldwide

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Arabtec Holding PJSC

Arabtec labour dispute resolved

Company says no impact on projects Dubai: Arabtec Holding said it has resolved a labour dispute at the UAE-based construction company with no impact on any of its projects. Work had stopped since Saturday, some labourers told Zawya Dow Jones earlier this ... [Published Gulf News - May 22 2013]

Entities: Arabtec Holding PJSC, UAE Ministry of Labour, Dubai

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Strike fails to affect projects...

DUBAI: Arabtec, Dubai’s largest construction firm, said yesterday the delivery of projects was unaffected by what it called a partial labour stoppage, adding it was working with authorities in the United Arab Emirates to resolve the issue.Thousands of ... [Published Qatar Peninsula - May 21 2013]

Entities: Arabtec Holding PJSC, Workers, UAE Ministry of Labour, Dubai

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Arabtec vows to hold worker strike organisers accountable

Strike organisers who stopped work at construction sites across Dubai and Abu Dhabi “will be held accountable for their actions”, the UAE’s largest construction company, Arabtec, has vowed.The company made the statement after hundreds of Dubai workers ... [Published 7 Days in Dubai - May 21 2013]

Entities: Arabtec Holding PJSC, Workers, UAE Ministry of Labour, Abu Dhabi, Construction

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Emaar Properties PSJC

Dubai Stocks Fall Most in a Month on Concern Rally Is Overdone

Dubai shares declined the most in more than a month on investor bets gains this year are overdone and as stocks in Europe and Asia retreated from a five-year high. Abu Dhabi’s gauge also decreased.Emaar Properties PJSC (EMAAR), the developer of the world’s ... [Published Bloomberg - May 21 2013]

Entities: Dubai, Emaar Properties PSJC, Exotix Ltd

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Arabtec workers: strike will continue

Register for our free newsletter Home Employees say no promises for higher wages have yet been made. 11:57 by kippreportDespite public labour protests being a relatively rare occurrence in gulf countries – and particularly the United Arab Emirates – ... [Published KippReport - May 21 2013]

Entities: Arabtec Holding PJSC, Workers, UAE Ministry of Labour, Dubai

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Arabtec says working to resolve labour dispute

Arabtec, Dubai's largest construction firm, said on Tuesday that it was working with authorities in the UAE to resolve a labour dispute and that its projects delivery schedule would not be affected by the action.Thousands of workers have been on strike ... [Published Arabian Business - May 21 2013]

Entities: Arabtec Holding PJSC, UAE Ministry of Labour, Dubai Police, protest

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Dubai's Arabtec says projects unaffected by labour strike

Arabtec, Dubai's largestconstruction firm, said on Tuesday that it was working withauthorities in the United Arab Emirates to resolve a labourdispute and that its projects delivery schedule would not beaffected by the action.Thousands of workers have ... [Published Reuters - May 21 2013]

Entities: Arabtec Holding PJSC, Labour Strike, Dubai

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Indian lecturer held in Dubai on defamation charge

Dubai, May 20 (PTI) An Indian university lecturer was arrested soon after his arrival here on defamation charges for blogging against a private Dubai-based university.The lecturer, who was not identified, was employed by a private university in Academic ... [Published msn.co.in - May 20 2013]

Entities: Defamation, Dubai, UAE Ministry of Labour, United Kingdom, Bail

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 5 reports

Arabtec Workers on Strike for Higher Wages

The labor protest is both unusual and peculiar in the UAE, where trade unions are banned. Most blue collar workers in the Gulf Arab states are migrant laborers hired on a contract basis from South Asian countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and ... [Published Construct Arabia - May 20 2013]

Entities: Arabtec Holding PJSC, Workers, Dubai, Laborer

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...stumbling blocks into stepping-stones', HE Marwan bin Jassim Al Sarkal, CEO of the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), said, "There are a number of solutions for Emiratization in the private sector, including coordination between the Ministry of Higher Education and Ministry of Labour to match the education outcomes with market requirements. New graduates should not fear failure and must keep trying."

Experts urge the activation of national talents' role in private sector [Published Zawya.com - 23 hours ago]

"The UAE Ministry of Labour has recognised Arabtec's continuing commitment to the rights and well-being of its employees" said the statement

Mostly Asian expat workers end UAE strike: Arabtec [Published Economic Times - 23 hours ago]

"Indeed, recently we have seen public and private initiatives -- especially in the UAE -- reinforcing the growing understanding for the need to promote a creative environment,” explained Sophie Le Ray, naseba CEO."

Creativity and innovation at the workplace crucial for economic growth and motivated employees [Published Business Intelligence Middle East - May 22 2013]

In a statement to the Dubai Financial Market this morning, Arabtec said that it "has been working closely with the UAE Ministry of Labour, the Dubai Police and the concerned security authorities" to ensure the dispute ended

Striking Arabtec workers return to sites [Published ConstructionWeekOnline.com - May 21 2013]

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Experts give clarion call for greater Emirat... [Published The Gulf Today - 14 hours ago]
Experts urge the activation of national talents... [Published Zawya.com - 23 hours ago]
Mostly Asian expat workers end UAE strike: Arabtec [Published Economic Times - 23 hours ago]
Recovering Dubai faces billions of maturing debt [Published Channel NewsAsia - May 22 2013]
Creativity and innovation at the workplace cruc... [Published Business Intelligence Middle East - May 22 2013]
Arabtec labour dispute resolved [Published Gulf News - May 22 2013]
Strike fails to affect projects... [Published Qatar Peninsula - May 21 2013]
Arabtec vows to hold worker strike organisers a... [Published 7 Days in Dubai - May 21 2013]
Dubai Stocks Fall Most in a Month on Concern Ra... [Published Bloomberg - May 21 2013]
Arabtec workers: strike will continue [Published KippReport - May 21 2013]
Striking Arabtec workers return to sites [Published ConstructionWeekOnline.com - May 21 2013]
UPDATE 1-Dubai's Arabtec says projects unaffect... [Published Reuters India - May 21 2013]
Arabtec says working to resolve labour dispute [Published Arabian Business - May 21 2013]
Dubai's Arabtec says projects unaffected by lab... [Published Reuters - May 21 2013]
Dubai workers continue strike into third day [Published Morning Star Online - May 21 2013]
'How can we feed our families with Dhs 750?,' a... [Published 7 Days Abu Dhabi - May 20 2013]
UAE Laborers on Strike For More Wages [Published Iran Daily - May 20 2013]
Indian lecturer held in Dubai on defamation charge [Published msn.co.in - May 20 2013]
Holiday on June 6 for UAE private sector to mar... [Published 7 Days in Dubai - May 20 2013]
Three-day weekend for UAE's public and private ... [Published Abu Dhabi National - May 20 2013]
Arabtec Workers on Strike for Higher Wages [Published Construct Arabia - May 20 2013]
Labourers at Arabtec construction company strik... [Published 7 Days in Dubai - May 20 2013]
Arabtec workers in Dubai stage strike for more pay [Published ConstructionWeekOnline.com - May 20 2013]
Dubai workers hold rare strike for more wages [Published Al Jazeera - May 20 2013]
Dubai labourers stage rare strike for more pay [Published Reuters UK - May 19 2013]
Former Dubai lecturer arrested for defamation [Published Gulf News - May 19 2013]
Obstacles to Emiratisation remain [Published Abu Dhabi National - May 19 2013]
The growing opportunities in the Saudi healthca... [Published Business Intelligence Middle East - May 17 2013]
Vice-Minister of Labor crowns winners of inaugu... [Published Saudi Gazette - May 16 2013]
Expats continue to live in limbo [Published Arab News - May 15 2013]