Organization : Ministry of Human Resources & Emiratisation
Facility : Absher Card Application
Country : United Arab Emirates
Website : https://www.mohre.gov.ae/en/home.aspx
Absher Card Application :
Service Information :
1. Service Sector/Department – Labour Sector – Labour Offices
2. Service Classification – Sub Service
Related : Ministry of Human Resources & Emiratisation UAE Labour Card Cancellation Procedure : www.statusin.org/27397.html
3. Service Type – Procedure
4. Service Description – The privileges and discounts card application for the Emirate citizen working in the private sector
5. Target Audience – Emirate citizens working in the private sector
Terms And Conditions :
** To be an Emirate citizen
** To have a labour card that is active and issued from the Ministry of Labour
** To be actively working with not less than six month in one establishment, and it’s calculated from the date of labour card issuance
** To be registered in the General Authority for Pensions and Social Securityor Abu Dhabi Pensions and Retirement Fund
** A minimum 3 month salary transfer through the Wages protection System (WPS)
** To fulfill the registration form information and to be approved electronically
Relation of service with other service – General Authority for Pensions and Social Security
Service Limitation – Private
FAQs :
1. How does the Ministry of Labour deal with the Free-Zone employees?
The Free-Zone employees can approach the Labour Office and accordingly the complaint is transferred to the Labour Court without any interference from the Ministry of Labour with all decisions to be made by the Labour Court.
2. Does the employer’s refusal to accept the employee’s resignation request have any impact on the termination of the employment/labour relationship?
An employer cannot rejects an employee’s resignation, provided the employee gives due notice and obtains the employer’s signature on his/her resignation letter, or sends the resignation letter by fax, email or postal mail.
3. Does resignation have any validity, if for example if employee works beyond the notice period of his/her resignation?
The employee should get the employer’s written approval for any request to work beyond the notice period. It is to be noted that any employee who continues to work beyond 4 months of the notice period, should automatically withdraw his/her resignation.
4. When is the employee entitled to get the return ticket as stipulated in the employment/ labour contract?
In the case of dismissal or leaving the country, the employee is entitled to get the return ticket to his/her origin country, as well as in the event of completion of the agreed contract term.
In case of the employee’s resignation or being dismissed as per the Article No. (120) of the Labour Law, then the employee is not entitled to receive a return ticket.
5. Does the Emirati employee receive his/her end of the service remuneration from the Pensions Authority or from the company that he/she is working at?
The Emirati employee who is not registered in the Pensions Authority, takes his/her end of service remuneration from the company that he/she is retiring from.
If he/she is registered in the Pensions Authority, then he/she is entitled to take end of service remuneration from the Pensions Authority.