It honored 77 workers and companies who succeeded in achieving their standards

"Esteem" gives companies 35 incentives to improve the work environment

During the ceremony honoring the winners of the fourth session of the "Taqdeer" Labor Award.

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The “Esteem” Labor Award honored the winners in its fourth session, 77 workers and companies who succeeded in achieving the award’s criteria, and showed clear distinction in achieving its objectives aimed at consolidating the finest frameworks for relationships that bring together workers, institutions and companies to which they belong, confirming the UAE’s position among the best in the world in The field of caring for workers and creating a supportive environment for them, and establishing Dubai as the best city to live, work and live in the world, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council.

The ceremony, which was organized by the Appreciation Award Department, was attended by a number of senior officials and general managers in the Dubai government and members of the diplomatic corps, in addition to representatives of the winning companies and distinguished workers.

The head of the “Appreciation Award” and the Chairman of the Permanent Committee for Labor Affairs in Dubai, Major General Obaid Muhair bin Surur, stated that the “Taqdeer” award is distinguished in its fourth session by the presence of 35 incentives, presented to companies by the Roads and Transport Authority, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, and the General Administration of Residence. And Foreigners Affairs, and Dubai Municipality, with the aim of improving its work environment and supporting its workers, pointing out that a number of these incentives are directed at workers.

He added that the fourth session provides workers with an “appreciation for excellence” card, which is a purchase discounts card, from which in the first phase 55,000 cards will be distributed to workers in the Emirate of Dubai, and this card gives workers the advantage of shopping and discounts from shops close to their places of residence, and provides these discounts to workers. Millions of dirhams.

Bin Surour told Emirates Today that “the award has identified two categories of the card, the first is gold and the second is blue. It targets the winning companies with four stars and five stars, and includes discounts ranging between 15 and 30% on purchases with a card (an appreciation for excellence) from the shops and entities participating in the card. , Which numbered 300 in the first stage, and work is underway to increase this number in the following stages, "adding that" 55 thousand workers benefit from the card in the first stage, and the card will be given to a similar number of workers in the next stage. "

In response to a question about the positive impact of the award on the performance of companies, Bin Surour clarified that the aim of the award is to create an excellent work environment in Dubai and the country.

He pointed out that "Al Naboodah Construction" is one of the companies whose performance has improved significantly. It participated in the award since the first session, and only got "three stars", but in the current session it managed to obtain the highest evaluation points (700 points), as well. That a number of companies did not get any points in the first round, but in the current session they joined the generous companies.

In addition, the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai provides 200 "Nol" cards, worth 50 dirhams, to the workers of the four-star and five-star award winning companies, allowing them to advertise and market their services and products by placing a display board in one of the metro stations, for a period of one week, and reducing the fees for tender documents by 50%. For projects worth less than 10 million dirhams.

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) provides a number of incentives, including a 50% reduction in tender document fees for projects whose value is less than 10 million dirhams, and a 50% reduction in tender document fees for projects whose estimated value does not exceed 20 million dirhams.

Dubai Municipality offers a number of incentives, including granting the winning company priority in disbursing payments for its projects, the right to use the football field for one day, and exempting it from the renewal fee of a professional competency certificate of 250 dirhams for each engineer it has for a period of one year.

The General Administration of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai offers a number of incentives, including the issuance of discount cards (happiness) to the managers of the winning companies, and the granting of golden residency to managers of distinguished companies.

Global benchmarking

The head of the "Appreciation" award, the Chairman of the Permanent Committee for Labor Affairs in Dubai, Major General Obaid Muhair bin Surur, confirmed that the number of bodies that participated in the award over four sessions increased from 200 companies in the first session to 800 in the current session, adding that "participation in The award is available to all companies that have more than 50 workers and have workers ’accommodation. In the future, the award’s management will study the opportunity for companies whose number of workers is less than this number, and set standards for them.

He explained that the award depends on international standards in evaluating the participating entities, in addition to the standards applied in the country.

Distributing 55,000 discount cards that save millions of dirhams to workers.

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