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New measures to prevent Indian worker exploitation in the UAE

August 16, 2016

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A new collaboration has been formed between India and the UAE to ensure blue-collar Indian workers hired in the emirates are offered the same salary and benefits promised by recruiters.

The new scheme will allow Indians officials to verify whether employment contracts requiring emigration clearance that are offered to workers are the same as those approved by the UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, according toGulf News.

The publication cited a circular issued on August 10 directing all Indian processors of emigrants to “carefully compare the employment contract uploaded by the foreign employer on the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation website” before clearance is given.

Nearly half of the more than two million Indians working in the UAE come under the blue-collar category impacted by the change.

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