Ask: I resigned from my present job as a result of I acquired a brand new supply. The corporate accepted my notification.
I take advantage of my discover interval of 30 days. I acquired sick and was admitted to hospital. I knowledgeable my employer and the HR division and despatched them a replica of my hospital admission and discharge abstract.
It additionally included a letter confirming that I wanted two weeks of sick go away on account of my sickness.
Final yr I did not take a lot go away on account of sickness. Can I proceed to pay my sick go away in the course of the discover interval? VA, Dubai
Reply: If somebody is absent in the course of the discover interval on account of ailing well being, this can nonetheless be thought to be employment and the discover interval will stay unchanged. The visa might solely be canceled on the finish of the discover interval.
An worker who’s absent from work throughout a discover interval on account of ailing well being should nonetheless be paid as standard and the employer might insist on the supply of an applicable medical certificates. On this case that’s offered.
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The wage is paid in accordance with Article 31 of the UAE Labor Legislation, which confirms: “…the worker could also be entitled to sick go away of no more than 90 consecutive or intermittent days per yr, offered that that is as follows is calculated: A. the primary 15 days with full wages; B. after 30 days with half pay; C. unpaid for the subsequent interval.”
Assuming that this era of sick go away, plus all different days of sick go away within the enterprise yr, doesn’t exceed 15 days, VA will probably be paid in full based on UAE legislation.
Q: I am planning a visit to Saudi Arabia subsequent month to go to associates. It has been a very long time since I traveled to the nation.
It was sophisticated to get a visa, though I’ve learn that the method is less complicated now. However I am slightly confused concerning the course of as a result of I’ve learn various things.
I’m French and have a residence visa for Abu Dhabi. Please advise. GD, Abu Dhabi
A: GD is correct that adjustments have been made to the process for making use of for a go to visa to Saudi Arabia and the method has turn out to be a lot simpler for many individuals.
The Saudi authorities has launched an eVisa to simplify the method. Anybody holding a residence visa or passport from most of Europe, the US and Canada, Japan, Singapore, China, Malaysia, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, plus various different international locations, 57 in whole, can do that use new system.
The price of the visa is 535 Saudi Riyals ($143) and the applying is submitted by means of the Go to Saudi web site.
It is a multiple-entry visa, legitimate for one yr, for visits of as much as 90 days at a time.
Anybody who doesn’t qualify for this eVisa, or the equal visa on arrival, should apply earlier than departure.
Q: Is it obligatory for kids to have a automobile seat within the UAE? I see vehicles on the highway with kids standing upright within the again seat with out being strapped in, and it scares me.
Assuming there’s a legislation about automobile seats, is there a method I can report individuals who do not preserve their kids secure? CB, Dubai
A: There are legal guidelines relating to the protection of passengers in autos and these are laid down in Ministerial Decision No. 178 of 2017 relating to site visitors management guidelines.
This laws stipulates that each one passengers should put on a seat belt. This is applicable to the entrance and rear seats of autos and to passengers of any age.
As well as, it states that kids as much as the age of 4 have to be supplied with a toddler seat.
Anybody violating these legal guidelines may face a fantastic of Dh400 ($108.90) and 4 black factors on their driver’s license.
Moreover, the legislation requires that each one passengers within the entrance seat have to be at the very least 145 centimeters tall and never youthful than 10 years outdated.
Disobeying the legislation isn’t solely unlawful, it additionally places kids and different passengers in danger.
You may report offenders through the police apps in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the police web site or in individual at a police station.
Dubai additionally has the Al Hares app, operated by the Roads and Transport Authority, which was set as much as allow nameless reporting of road-related complaints.
Please word that images could also be taken by somebody not driving, offered they’re solely given to the police and never shared anyplace else.
Keren Bokker is an unbiased monetary advisor and senior associate at Holborn Property in Dubai, with greater than 30 years of expertise. Contact her at instances@holbornassets.com. Observe her on Twitter at @FinancialUAE
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