For workers in the public and private sectors

“Pensions” calls on employers to register Gulf employees with the protection extension system

The Pensions Authority is the executive body of the unified system for extending insurance protection.

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The General Pension and Social Security Authority called on employers to abide by the registration of civil Gulf citizens working in the state in the unified system to extend insurance protection, stressing that this includes workers in the government and private sectors, including free zones and the hotel and tourism sector.

Registration for Gulf nationals working in the state is considered mandatory, pursuant to Cabinet Resolution No. 18 of 2007, which was issued by the Council on July 22, 2007, to regulate the provisions of insurance protection for citizens of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries working in civil retirement agencies outside their countries, in any of the GCC countries. The system was called the “Insurance Protection Extension System,” and the Pensions Authority designated the system’s executive body in the country.

Thanks to the system, a Gulf citizen who works in any of the GCC countries enjoys social insurance, as if he were working in his home country, and registration and subscription for him take place and his insurance rights are paid in accordance with the retirement law in the country where the employee is located.

For the employee to be subject to insurance, the provisions of the Pensions and Social Security Law in his country shall apply to him, and he shall have the nationality of one of the Gulf states, and he shall work for an employer subject to the provisions of a civil retirement law. In the event of any of these conditions being lost, his participation in the system shall be suspended.

The mechanism of registration in the system is for the pension system in the state where the work is located, in coordination with the pension authority in the worker’s home, to register the employee, and follow up on the collection of his monthly contributions, in accordance with the insurance system established in his state, so that his contributions are paid not exceeding the share of the employer determined in the state where the work is located.

Accordingly, the percentage of contributions borne by the employer in the UAE for the Gulf nationals working for him is 15% in the government sector, and 12.5% ​​in the private, and the Gulf citizen bears the prescribed percentage according to the retirement law to which he is subject in his home country, and any differences in the subscription, if any. .

The responsibility for paying the contributions for the Gulf citizen lies with the employer, who must deduct the percentage of the insured with the percentage prescribed for him, and transfer it monthly to the bank account designated for the retirement system in the worker’s home.

The system gives those covered by its provisions the possibility of adding service periods prior to the date of application of this system with the current employer, and their previous periods of service in their countries may be combined, according to the conditions of their retirement agencies.

Employers are obligated to pay the end of service gratuity to the Gulf nationals working for them, in accordance with the civil service regulations or the labor laws applicable to them for the periods prior to the application of the provisions of this system.

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