The General Authority for Pensions and Social Insurance called on the public and private sectors to adhere to the registration and participation of Gulf nationals working in the country, noting that the registration and participation are compulsory under the decision of the Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council states, (In the other GCC countries) in the public and private sectors, so that the provisions and laws of pensions applied by their countries shall apply to them.
The Authority pointed out that the UAE has started to implement the decision to implement the protection system on January 1, 2007, pursuant to Cabinet Resolution No. 18 of 2007, which mandated the Pension Authority to implement the decision issued by the Supreme Council of the GCC States. For the Gulf nationals working in accordance with the insurance system prescribed in their countries.
Hanan Al-Sahlawi, the Acting Executive Director of the Pensions Sector, said that the most important feature of the system is the provision of insurance protection to the Gulf citizen who works outside his country in any of the GCC countries. And is covered by insurance as if he were working in his home country, so that at the end of his service he can receive a pension when the eligibility conditions apply, or the end of service indemnity is paid. The system is also characterized by interdependence, which extends to the beneficiaries who were supported by the insured in his life, which calls for the importance of Gulf citizens working in any of the States of the Council to ensure registration and participation in order to ensure their rights and the rights of their families in the future, And follow-up procedures for registering and subscribing to them through the toll free number 80010. Al-Sahlawi said that "despite the efforts being made to absorb the Gulf citizens within this system, some challenges still stand in the way of achieving its objectives, including that some employers still refuse to register the Gulf citizen In order to avoid payment of the proportion of contributions due to them, which is the answer to the system of extending the protection », pointing out that what should be confirmed here is that the importance of the system is that it protects the Gulf citizen from the dangers of work that may cause the end of his service and provide alternative income. It also extends its impact from the citizen to the beneficiaries after his death, because pension systems in the Gulf States and the Arab countries in general are symbiotic systems that consider the family as a single unit.
Hanan Al-Sahlawi:
«Some employers still refuse to register the Gulf citizen to avoid paying the proportion of contributions».