By IANS
Dubai : The United Arab Emirates (UAE) government has given three months to all expatriate workers and their employers to adjust to new labour laws or face heavy penalties.
The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting that Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and prime minister of UAE and ruler of Dubai, chaired Sunday.
It was also decided to take measures in the next couple of months to tighten the implementation of new labour laws and curb the menace of employers hiring illegal workers and blatantly violating labour norms of the country, the Gulf News reported.
The cabinet warned employers of severe legal action if they were found to be employing illegal workers in their farms or in their homes.
The labour ministry was instructed to inform all private companies that salaries and wages of their staff should be paid through banks with effect from Jan 1 next year.