United Arab Emirates: Deadline Extended for Employees to Subscribe to the Unemployment Insurance Scheme
June 16, 2023
The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratization (MOHRE) has extended the deadline for individuals employed before December 31, 2022 to subscribe to the Unemployment Insurance Scheme. They must now subscribe by September 30, 2023, instead of the previous deadline of June 30, 2023, allowing them additional time to complete the necessary steps. The MOHRE will impose fines on employees who fail to register with the Unemployment Insurance Scheme by October 1, 2023. Further, as previously announced, individuals who began their employment on or after January 1, 2023, must subscribe to the Unemployment Insurance Scheme within four months of entering the United Arab Emirates on an employment entry permit or within four months of an in-country immigration status change.
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