An average of 1,500 work permits and visas are being cancelled in Dubai each day as companies lay off employees in the wake of the global financial crisis. The number is expected to rise in coming months. Adding to that figure will be the thousands of employees who have been made redundant but are searching for other jobs. Many companies have given redundant employees a grace period of two to three months to look for alternative work. Jobs are, however, rare to find with most companies freezing recruitment. An official from the Ministry of Labour told that they started seeing a rise in the cancellation of visas in late October. The ministry is dealing with an unprecedented number of complaints from workers. At the Ministry of Labour’s Visa Cancellation Section, human resource representatives of companies complain of long queues. “It takes hours to get the cancellation paperwork processed,” Naser Ahmad, an employee for a construction group.
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An average of 1,500 work permits and visas are being cancelled in Dubai each day as companies lay off employees in the wake of the global financial crisis. The number is expected to rise in coming months. Adding to that figure will be the thousands of employees who have been made redundant but are searching…
