Expatriates may be hired in public positions on contract in Sharjah

Shaikh Sultan issues law on human resources in Sharjah.

Sharjah — Expatriates can still be hired in public positions, but on contract basis, as per the HR Law 6/2015 issued by His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, on Thursday.

However, Emirati nationals and children of local women will have the priority of appointment in government organisations in the emirate of Sharjah, while non-nationals may be appointed as per contracts in accordance with the regulations.

Under this law, exceptions to the conditions of employment are granted to the Executive Council as per the recommendations by the HR department, without flouting the civil and criminal responsibility of the employee.

Part-time job is also acceptable under the new law whereas the Executive Council  is authorised to introduce new recruitment systems. The procedures, provisions, and recruitment schedule of these shall be defined in the executive bylaw.

However, each and every employee shall be subject to a probation period of three months that may be extended to a similar period with effect from the date of employment. The authority concerned with employment is entitled to terminate the service of the employee in case he proves to be incompetent for the position. The recruitment decision shall be considered null and void if the employee proved to have flouted the set conditions and submitted incorrect information even if he did so before this law comes into effect.

Permanent HR committee

A permanent committee for human resources will be set up under the Executive Council under the name: ‘Permanent HR committee’. A decision on the formation, membership duration, and mechanism of operation will be issued by the Executive Council.

The committee will also be authorised to comment on all the legislations referred by Dr Shaikh Sultan, the Executive Council, or HR department. It will also look into the complaints raised by the employees and give recommendations to the Executive Council.

Meanwhile, only the chairman or director of the government department is entitled to recruit an employee in a public position on the first and second grades, as well as grades five to seven (for engineers and employees on special contracts).

Nonetheless, this may only be given nod after being recommended by a government body. The HR department also has to study and refer the same to the Executive Council of the emirate for final approval.

As for the public positions on grades three and below, and engineers on grade four and below, they may be employed by the chairman or director of the government department, but after being approved by the HR department.

Resignation and end-of-service benefits

No resignation of any employee will be accepted unless the set investigation procedures are followed. No employee shall have his resignation accepted or be fired if referred to the occupational disciplinary committee or concerned judicial bodies.

The application of resignation or termination shall only be looked into after the investigations are complete or after the final verdict is issued.

The end-of-service benefits of the national employee shall be counted as per the federal law 7/1999 whereas the bylaw determines the end-of-service entitlements of expatriate employees.

No employee may stop reporting to work unless eligible for the set leaves as per the provisions of this law. The judicial authority is powered to transfer an employee to another position equivalent to the one he holds in terms of grade and salary package.

The body concerned is also entitled to reward their employee (who performs outstandingly well) with a wage incentive up to double the regular one.

Should the employee obtain a master’s or doctoral degree, he shall be entitled to a monthly wage incentive against his degree, and that shall be determined in the executive bylaw.

The employee may be transferred from a government department to another inside the country, as approved by the concerned judicial authority, provided the transfer does not affect the rights of the employee, in terms of salary, leaves, and financial grade unless he agrees to the contrary in writing.

-khaleejtimes

Emirates ID to add five new languages to its website

The languages, in order to make services easier and more accessible to various nationalities, include Malayalam, Urdu, Tagalog, Russian and Mandarin.

The Emirates Identity Authority, Emirates ID, has announced that it will add five more languages – Malayalam, Urdu, Tagalog, Russian and Mandarin - to its website, offering information and guidance on procedures. This is in addition to the two languages already in place, Arabic and English.

The Emirates ID said the decision to add new languages to its website was part of its efforts to make its services easier and more accessible to the various nationalities residing in the country.

Abdulaziz Al Maamari, Director of Government and Social Communication at the Emirates ID, said the decision came as a result of surveys and studies on the number and types of visitors to the website, the departments and services most frequently browsed and the queries and clarifications most sought. “In the year 2014, nine millions visits from inside and outside the UAE happened on the website, by people speaking around ten languages,” he explained.

Al Maamari said the addition of the new languages would allow the customers to learn in their own languages about the procedures for registration in the population register, issuance, renewal and replacement of ID cards, necessary documents for getting the services rendered and the fee for each service. “The idea behind the initiative is to make our website and services more accessible and customer-friendly,” he added.

“This initiative came from our efforts to achieve the fourth objective in our Strategic Plan 2014-2016, which aimed at guaranteeing total satisfaction for our customers. We are introducing the new languages also as part of our corporate governance framework which focusses on creativity and innovation in all aspects of organizational work. There are large numbers of people who are not proficient in Arabic and English and we thought it was important to reach out to these segments with information in languages they are comfortable with,” Al Maamari pointed out.

Al Maamari said that the Emirates ID had already brought about a quantum leap in its communication efforts with its customers through the 14 channels of communication, including the website, social media platforms, and the round-the-clock call centre. “This new initiative, we hope, will bring us further close to our customers,” he concluded.

-Khaleej times

12 Resume Bloopers That'll Make You Look Dumb

Job search is a hard, hard thing indeed!

Right from the tedious process of hunting down recruiters to the zillion preparations you've to undergo before getting an interview scheduled. Seriously, job-search does take a lot out of you by the end. However, humor finds a place everywhere in this world

 

Yes, it sure does ring a bell somewhere. With a playback triggered, you might have reminded yourself of the mispronunciation you committed during a telephonic conversation with the recruiter or the uneasy stance you took, while sitting for an interview. But, the one that appears most conspicuous and everlasting is the amount of funny-errors you commit while building your resume. Be it the typos or spilling some irrelevant info on your CV, thing are numerous to be listed. Hence, mentioned below are a few bloopers that will keep you off, from any such mistakes and make you chuckle at the same time.

1) I took a career break in 1999 to renovate my horse.
I believe it may now win the race!


2)  Career Objective: To make a name on the information super highway.
He sure won't worry about his meals then.

3) According to an article by careerbuilder.com, a candidate called himself a genius and invited the recruiter to interview him at his apartment.
Sounds like one of those situations, when you don't need anything in this world. Not even the consent of the chap hiring you.

4) A resume printed on the back of a candidate's current employer's letterhead. 
If not the job, the person surely deserves due recognition for showing insane amount of guts and half-wit.

5) One creative job-applicant tried to entice the hiring manager by using three different fonts, four different ink colors and a spectrum of highlighting options. 
However, the only thing she missed out on was the correct use of grammar. Alas! her every modicum of creativity went down in vain.

6) Job skills: Revolved customer grievances and problems.
The guy must've been great at spinning around and making things go in circles. Doesn't appear like a problem solver to me.

7) A CV listed a skill as 'being bi-lingual in three languages.'
Wonderful! and I'm a left-handed guy who writes using both hands.

8) 'I'll call myself a wedge, with a sponge taped to it. Hence, my objective is to wedge myself at someone’s door and absorb as much as I can.'
Hard to decipher and impossible to comprehend with! 
Still the person seems overwhelmingly metaphorical while writing his resume. But, would it fetch him the job or a hiring manager's attention, at least? 

9) 'Hope to see you shorty'
A typo of the purest form. Still, it would certainly make the recruiter conscious regarding his height. Getting personal would surely have been the foremost applicant trait he listed.

10) A resume without the candidate's name. 
Seems like a ghost applicant. Seriously, this has got to be the most basic mistake ever committed by a job-seeker. 

11) Under the section- 'Have you ever been convicted of a felony?':  'Yes, kind of. Will explain in the interview'
If nothing, explanations like this would only cause apprehensions in the mind of the employer. Before the person could put forth his side of the story, he was presumed for someone controversial.

12) Under the section- Salary desired: 'Starting over due to recent bankruptcies. Need a huge bonus at the time of joining.'
Obviously, good remuneration is the prime motivation behind any employment opportunity. But, there's a way to put it forth without sounding unreasonable, right?

It's human to make mistakes. But, to learn from the other person's mistake is what keeps you a step ahead in finding a job. So, don't just giggle, but keep these in mind for better results in your professional life ahead.

-Anshuman Kukreti 

Author Bio: Anshuman Kukreti is a professional writer and a keen follower of the global job market. An engineer by qualification and an artist at heart, he writes on various topics relating to employment across the gulf. He is presently working as a content writer for Naukrigulf.com.Reach him @LinkedIn, Twitter and Google+.

25 Rare Photographs of the Historical India

These assorted photographs from India are sure going to take you on a nostalgic ride. These photographs are a mirror of the some happy, sad, surprising or some baffling moments from the rich past of India. These will genuinely stimulate your brain and inspire you to dig up the history books.

1. A 1950 Bombay

2. A very rare photograph of Nathuram Godse, who shot Mahatma Gandhi

3. Anna Hazare when he was in the army

04. 1930 poster for declaring the death sentence judgement of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru and their companions

05. Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein

6. A rare school picture of Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli

07. Rarest of rare Satyagrahis’ picture demonstrating against the British Raj

08. Two Indian men being hanged by British during the First Freedom Struggle of India in 1857

09. One of the first pictures of Vivekananda in America with Narsimhacharya (standing) alongside himself at the desk

10. M. S. Dhoni when he was still at school

11. The Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, as a NCC cadet in his childhood days

12. A rare picture of young A. P. J. Abdul Kalam from his college days

13. The Rolls Royce Depot in Bombay

14. The first Indian cricket team tour to England, in 1886

15. Rabindranath Tagore, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan and Sir Maurice Gwyer at Sinha Sadan after the Oxford University Convocation on 7th of August 1940

16. A rare photograph of our President Pranab Mukherjee some thirty years back

17. The last photograph of Mahatma Gandhi

18. A rare photo of Subhash Chandra Bose meeting with Hitler

19. Jawaharlal Nehru Meeting Albert Einstein At Princeton, USA, 1949

20. Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor together in one picture

21. Kapil Dev, Sharukh Khan and Sohail Khan enjoying a game of football

22. The marriage of HH Yuvaraja Sir Sri Kantirava Narasinharaja Wadiyar to HH Yuvrani Kempu Cheluvammanniyavaru Urs in Mysore, 1910

23. Secundrabad, in the year 1858, after the slaughter of 2000 rebels, with numerous skeletons scattered all around

24. Sir C. V. Raman explaining the Raman’s Effect

25. A student at the University of Madras in 1948, where they usually tied their hair to a nail to keep from falling asleep while studying

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