DUBAI // A programme to train 2.5 million workers in Dubai laws and regulations is to be set up by the Permanent Committee for Migrant Workers.
Major General Obaid Mehayer Bin Suroor, Deputy Director - General of the General Directory for Residency and Foreigners Affairs – Dubai, and president of the permanent committee, said the plan is to train people from different countries, introducing them to UAE laws and regulations and explaining to them their rights and obligations.
Maj Gen Bin Suroor said that the pilot project involves 100,000 construction workers and will conclude at the end of the year. Phase two will start in 2017 and the training will become mandatory for all workers in Dubai in 2018.
Maj Gen Bin Suroor added that authorities are working to ensure workers are happy and more aware of the regulations that affect them.
The proposed training material will offer an introduction to labour law in the UAE and labour contracts, will introduce workers to the culture and social behaviour of the country and will cover professional health and safety.
Booklets will be handed out to workers, to explain their rights and obligations, during field visits to labour accommodation.
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