Nearly 1,000 firms caught breaking Emiratisation rules

As many as 995 private establishments have been caught violating Emiratisation rules since mid-2022.

According to the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, a total of 1,660 fake cases of Emiratisation were detected during this period.

Legal measures have been taken against the firms involved, including imposing fines ranging between AED 20,000 and AED 100,000 and referring them to public prosecution, depending on the severity of the violation.

The violating companies are also downgraded to the lowest category in the ministry's private sector classification system.

Meanwhile, employees involved in fake Emiratisation schemes will no longer receive financial benefits under the Nafis programme for hiring UAE nationals, and the ministry will recover any benefits that they accrued in the past.

More than 19,000 firms have been found complying with Emiratisation policies, with the total number of Emirati employees in the private sector reaching around 92,000.

Our inspection team has detected 995 private companies that have violated Emiratisation decisions and attempted to circumvent Emiratisation targets from mid-2022 to date, as the number of fake Emiratisation cases has reached 1660.

We call on relevant stakeholders to avoid such… pic.twitter.com/nyqvixNEUx

— وزارة الموارد البشرية والتوطين (@MOHRE_UAE) January 10, 2024