Most notable are work permits and reduced fees

Preferential benefits to encourage the "private" to employ citizens

The Ministry launched an awareness campaign on social media platforms to introduce the new features.

Emirates today

The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation has launched a new awareness campaign on its official pages on social media platforms, to urge establishments and employers in the private sector to expand the use of national cadres and employ them in exchange for administrative, financial and in-kind benefits provided by the Ministry and its brands through the membership of the Partners Club Emiratisation, the most prominent of which is meeting the establishment's requirements for work permits, and providing them with reduced fees.

The Ministry stated that the membership of the Emiratisation Partners Club is divided into four graded categories, to which the establishments join according to the rates, percentages and priorities of Emiratization, pointing out that the minimum stay for the establishments within the classification of the last category is not less than six months, renewable before moving to a higher category.

In detail, the Ministry stated in a new awareness campaign, which it recently launched on its official pages on social media platforms, that it provides a large variety of benefits that the owners of establishments who interact positively and are most committed to the Emiratisation programs in their establishments can benefit from them, represented in meeting the needs of their establishments in terms of work permits. In addition to obtaining preferential reduced rates for permit fees, and transferring establishments committed to Emiratisation to higher categories of the Emiratisation Partners Club, which have more preferential advantages in fees.

According to the ministry, membership in the club is granted to private sector establishments that apply to participate in the club to the relevant organizational unit in the ministry, which decides on the membership application within a period not exceeding 10 working days from the date of its submission, after making sure that the facility’s registry - at the time of submitting the application - of any Violations of the legal regulations and the availability of the required Emiratisation rate, pointing out that the club’s membership is divided into four categories (platinum, gold, silver, and bronze), according to which establishments obtain multiple exclusive privileges, the most prominent of which is reducing the cost of labor recruitment by paying a fee of 300 dirhams to extract And renewal of the work permit, which lasts for two years, according to the Emiratisation percentage achieved by the establishment, and its level of membership in the club.

The Ministry indicated that there are three priorities for membership in the Emiratisation Partners Club, the first of which is "establishments with high Emiratisation priority."

They are enterprises that require high skill levels to work, and they carry out economic activities in the financial sectors, education, health, consulting, and communications - for example - and each of them has 125 workers or more.

The second is the "medium priority for resettlement."

It includes enterprises that engage in economic activities that operate - for example - in the trade and retail sectors, hospitality, and transportation.

And each of them has 250 workers or more.

Whereas the last priority, "low priority for Emiratisation," includes establishments that do not require high skill levels to work and engage in economic activities that work - for example - in the construction, cleaning, and guarding sectors, and each of them has 500 workers or more.

She said: “For the establishments to be included in the first (platinum) category, there is a condition of 12% for establishments with high Emiratisation priority, 7% for medium priority establishments, and 3% for low priority establishments, while joining the second (golden) category are those with high Emiratisation priority. », Which achieves a rate of resettlement of 8%, and establishments of medium priority that achieve a rate of settlement of 4%, and establishments with a low priority for Emiratization that reach a rate of 1%».

The ministry pointed out that the third category (silver) includes establishments with high Emiratisation priority, which achieve a rate of Saudization of 4%, establishments of medium priority, with a rate of settlement of 2.5%, and establishments of low priority with a rate of settlement of 0.5%, while The fourth category (bronze) includes all establishments that recruit workers, in accordance with the technical and rehabilitation programs approved by the Ministry, with the aim of promoting cultural diversity in the labor market, regardless of the level of priority and the rates of settlement in it, as these establishments remain within the aforementioned category for a period of six months. For renewal, whereby during this period, she must fulfill Emiratisation percentages that qualify her to join any of the other three membership categories, and her membership in the club will be terminated if she does not meet any of the percentages required for settlement at the end of the specified period.

Resident employment

The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation affirmed its continuous efforts to raise the rate of Emiratisation in the private sector, and to employ female citizens and people of determination, in a way that contributes to achieving the goals of the national agenda for the UAE Vision 2021.

It also confirmed that it is working, at the same time, to enhance cultural diversity in the labor market, and to stimulate enterprises to employ residents in the state, especially those who reside with their families.

4 categories

Membership of the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation Partners Club is divided into four categories:

Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze.

Depending on the category they occupy, facilities receive multiple exclusive privileges.

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The most common minimum stay in the Partner Club Bronze tier.

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