The status quo of the UAE-Dubai labor market

The UAE has a population of about 9.77 million, of which 6.75 million are men and 3.02 million women, accounting for 69%and 31%, respectively. They are mainly distributed in chiefs such as Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The population of the country accounts for 11.6%of the population; 88.4%of the foreign population is mainly from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Iran, Egypt, Nepal, Sri Lanka, etc.

The characteristics of the labor market are mainly:

  1. The service industry accounts for relatively large.
    Dubai adopts Western business model, and economic development mainly relies on the tourism industry, aviation, real estate and financial services. According to the Salam standard, Dubai is considered the best tourist location for Muslim tourists. There are countless luxury hotels, which attract countless tourists every year to visit and tourism, which also means that the UAE needs a large number of tourism service industry personnel.

  2. The contractual labor market is large.
    The UAE has always been an important contracted engineering market in the Middle East and Gulf. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Commerce of China, in 2019, Chinese enterprises signed a new contracting project contract in the UAE in 2019, with a new contract amount of US $ 6.624 billion and a turnover of US $ 5.123 billion. A total of 6,758 laborers were dispatched, and 9970 in the United Arab Emirates workers at the end of the year. The newly signed large -scale contracting project includes China Railway Construction Co., Ltd. to undertake the second -phase B -section, C section and D section project of the UAE Railway; China Gezhouba Group Co., Ltd. Construction Group Guangdong thermal Power Engineering Co., Ltd. undertakes the establishment of the UAE UAM Umga 10 million British gallons every day to dilute the EPC project.

  3. Foreign labor status is significant.
    The UAE labor force is mainly from abroad, including middle and high -level managers from Europe and the United States, industry technical personnel from surrounding Arab countries, and managers and workers from South Asia. Labor is mainly engaged in construction, driver, security, nanny and other tasks. According to the nationality of the workers and the nationality of the labor, the labor salary standards are different. In the UAE's labor market, foreign labor services occupy a very important position. Foreign workers account for 90%of the UAE labor market. In some private sector, 99%of employees are foreigners, mainly from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Egypt and other countries.

  4. Welfare benefits have gradually increased.
    According to the relevant provisions of the UAE labor department, the cost that employers need to bear are as follows:
  • Visa fee: 5,000 Dram, equivalent to RMB 9,000 (three years);
  • Medical insurance premiums: 3,000 Diram, equivalent to RMB 5,400 (one year); accident insurance: 700 Dram, equivalent to RMB 1,260;
  • Accommodation: collective accommodation (labor camp);
  • Go to the UAE air ticket: 6,000-15,000 yuan; 20 days or 2 months of annual leave; salary;
  • Monthly salary: 2,000 Diram-35,000 Dram.

    As the minimum personal security guarantee for foreign migrant workers, the cost of occupying the mainstream in the mainstream of migrant workers is relatively low and can be accepted by local enterprises. At the same time, with the gradual maturity of the relevant system, the benefits of migrant workers are gradually becoming better when employees are acceptable.