Geneva --- At the
International Labour Conference, currently on in Geneva, the UAE laid out its
experience in ensuring that workers' wages are protected through an integrated
system incorporating several measures to ensure that workers receive wages on
time without any unjustifiable or illegal deductions.
Humaid bin Dimas Al Suwaidi,
Assistant Under-Secretary of the Ministry for Labour Affairs, a member of UAE
delegation to the conference, said, "The worker's wage in the UAE is
considered a red line that should not be infringed upon in any way."
He stressed that the Ministry of Labour does not compromise on this issue, a
stance that reflects the values and principles prevailing in the UAE society
and enshrined in legislation and practices directed by the wise leadership.
He briefed the labour
protection committee meeting about a number of integrated measures to protect
workers' wages in the UAE. Among such measures are those that make it
obligatory upon private sector enterprises to transfer workers' wages to banks
and exchange offices electronically through the Wages
Protection System (WPS), which
is an innovative mechanism to ensure the worker receives a pay in accordance
with the contract deadline and without any deductions. The system also provides
the employer time and the opportunity to make an effort to fulfil his/her
legal obligations towards workers in his/her establishment.
"This system provides the
Ministry of Labour with updated database, which allows it to identify with
immediate effect the enterprises that do not pay wages," Al Suwaidi said,
pointing out that the system had been appreciated by the experts dispatched by
the ILO to the UAE to assess the effectiveness of the WPS. They
recommended that the system should be implemented by the member states. He
added that some member states have already implemented similar system in their
labour markets.
Al Suwaidi added that the
Ministry of Labour refers the firms which fail to pay wages for more than two
months to the courts for action against such offenders as well as imposition of
fines and other administrative actions. -end-
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