It aims to raise the rate of enrollment of citizens in the "private" to 80% this year
Al Mazrouei: Paying “Nafes” fines does not exempt establishments from “localization targets”
Ghannam Al Mazrouei: “(Nafis) is following up, in cooperation with (Human Resources), the extent of commitment of the targeted private sector companies to Emiratisation.”
Ghannam Al Mazrouei: “(The Council) seeks, in cooperation with partners, to raise the number of citizens who join the current public private sector from 70% to more than 80%.”
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The Secretary-General of the Emirati Competitiveness Council (Nafes), Ghannam Al Mazrouei, told Emirates Today that paying the fines due for not employing 2% of citizens among its skilled workers last year does not mean that these establishments are exempted from fulfilling the Emiratization targets. Employment percentages of Emirati cadres required of them, as this year they must either employ 4% of the citizens, or pay a fine of 84 thousand dirhams annually for each citizen who was not appointed, at a rate of 7000 dirhams per month.
Al Mazrouei stressed that the "Nafes" initiatives do not seek any job replacement in the private sector, but rather deal with the growth witnessed by the labor market in the country, by providing decent job opportunities for Emirati cadres, pointing out that "Nafes" aims to raise the rates of enrollment of citizens in the private sector this year to exceed 80. %.
In detail, Al-Mazrouei stated that the Council seeks, in cooperation with partners, to raise the number of citizens who join the private sector this year from 70% to exceed 80%, pointing out that the number of citizens currently working in the private sector exceeded 51 thousand citizens, of whom about 28 thousand joined. Citizens of the private sector since the launch of the Nafes program, and they are still in charge of their work, including 76.2% who have never worked in the private sector.
And he stressed that the Emirati Cadres Competitiveness Council is closely following, in cooperation with the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, the extent of the commitment of the targeted private sector companies to Emiratisation, in the recruitment processes of their national cadres, and standing up for their commitment to the status and career progression of these cadres, through field visits and career guidance teams and officials, noting He indicated that the measures that are taken gradually or progressively by the control system range from imposing administrative fines on violating establishments, and transferring them to a “third category” classification according to the Ministry’s systems, in addition to preparing petitions and referring them to the Attorney General to take punitive measures.
He stated that the government has allocated a budget of one billion and 200 million dirhams to attract and retain Emirati cadres in the private sector, and to support their development and qualification professionally and functionally, by allowing them to obtain vocational training courses with international certificates without burdening the establishments with any burdens, indicating that more than 32.5 thousand citizens, male and female, They have benefited from Nafis programs and initiatives since its launch, while 85% of Emirati cadres work in the private sector for companies targeted for Emiratisation, adding that the percentage of private sector companies’ commitment to Emiratisation targets is close to 80% (70% achieved full commitment, and 10% partially committed). While the number of registered partners on the platform exceeded 7,000 partners, more than 14,000 establishments in the private sector hired citizens, in addition to signing 24 employment and vocational training agreements with partners.
Al Mazrouei said:
He added: «The companies that employ 50 skilled workers or more, and did not comply with meeting the Emiratisation targets for last year, which was 2% of their total skilled workers, will pay the fines imposed on them, amounting to 72 thousand dirhams for each citizen who was not appointed, at the rate of 6000 dirhams per month, while continuing to oblige it to fulfill the two percentages of localization for the past two years, 2% and the current 2%, which means that it is committed this year to localizing 4% of its total skilled workers, because paying the fines for the localization targets does not mean exempting the employer from fulfilling the percentages. Employ the Emirati cadres required of them.
And Al Mazrouei continued: “In the event that the employer does not meet the set nationalization rate for it this year as well, it will have to pay a fine of 84 thousand dirhams for each citizen who has not been appointed, at the rate of 7000 dirhams per month, while continuing to demand that it fulfill the set nationalization rate, and if it does not meet this In the third year, the percentage will be downgraded to the third category.
5 domains
Ghannam Al Mazrouei, Secretary-General of the UAE Competitiveness Council, confirmed that the action plan and objectives of “Nafes” focus on five areas, the first of which is highlighting the job opportunities available in the private and banking sectors to attract citizens, increasing the competitiveness of the Emirati workforce and laying the foundations for enabling citizens to occupy jobs in the private sector. And banking, building a partnership between the government and the private sector and empowering the private sector to be a major engine in the development process, providing vocational training and guidance and counseling services to the program participants, and finally, enhancing the attractiveness of private and banking sector jobs to citizens.
He said, "We succeeded in changing the concepts, culture, and perception of citizens and companies regarding work in the private sector, by focusing on comprehensive development that brings jobs, in all strategic sectors, including industry, health care, tourism, and investment."
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