UAE tightens labour laws

Dubai, Sep 7 (UNI) Unskilled labourers from India and other countries willing to work in the UAE are required to have basic English language skills and knowledge of the country's rules.

The Labour Ministry is going to implement the two new pre-conditions, but Minister Dr Ali Bin Abdullah Al Ka abi did not give a time-frame.

''A special committee at the labour ministry will be set up in each country to determine the workers' English language sillls,'' he told Gulf News.

''Information booklets on rules will be available in the respective ministers in order to educate workers who are about to start work in the UAE,'' said Dr Al Kaabi.

Dr Al Ka'abi is planning to tour Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal and the Philippines after Ramadan to sign labour exchange agreements with these major countries that export manpower to the UAE. ''During the tour, mechanisms and regulations to bring over labour force will be determined,'' he said.

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