Struggling between jobs? Unemployed UAE workers to get up to AED20,000 a month under new scheme – Arabian Business

Struggling between jobs? Unemployed UAE workers to get up to AED20,000 a month under new scheme – Arabian Business

UAE’s Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation has stated that the nation’s new unemployment insurance scheme – which was initially announced by the Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in a post on Twitter – will be applicable to all UAE citizens and residents.

The unemployment insurance programme will offer each UAE resident the option to pay a minimum of AED 40 and a maximum of AED 100 per year into an insurance scheme.

The programme will go into effect in January 2023, Dr Abdulrahman Abdulmannan Al Awar, the Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation, said in a media briefing.