How freezone employees can register for Unemployment Insurance in the UAE

How freezone employees can register for Unemployment Insurance in the UAE

Dubai: If you are a freezone employee or someone working with a semi-government organisation in the UAE, you can now apply for the Involuntary Loss of Employment (ILOE) or Unemployement Insurance Scheme that was introduced in the UAE earlier this year. While the scheme was earlier available to expatriates and Emiratis working full-time in the UAE's federal and private sectors, on May 3, Dubai Insurance, the company that manages the ILOE Insurance Pool, posted on its official social media accounts that Freezone employees and semi-government entities can now avail of the insurance scheme, too. However, the steps that you will need to follow are slightly different. Here are the details. The Unemployment Insurance Scheme (ILOE) allows eligible workers to receive a salary equal to 60 per cent of their basic salary for up to three months in case of job loss. In its initial announcement when the ILOE scheme was launched, the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE), also provided certain conditions that need to be met for a worker to be eligible to receive the cash compensation. How Freezone, semi-government employees can register for the scheme online Here are the steps you need to follow if you are