The worker’s reward is due to pay on the first day of the following month

The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation confirmed that the worker’s reward is due to pay from the first day of the month of the month of entitlement, and the facility is considered late in paying the wage if this is not done during the first 15 days of the date of entitlement unless the work contract stipulates a lesser period, noting that 99% of the private sector workers are registered in the wage protection system.

The ministry said, “In the new issue of the Labor Market Magazine,” that the wage protection system ensures that workers get their wages completely and on time, as this system allows employers to pay the wages of their workers electronically through banks, exchange offices, and the financial institutions approved and authorized to provide wage payment service by the central bank in the country, which contributes to the stability of the contractual relationship.

The ministry pointed out that the mechanism of the work protection system work, on the third day and the tenth day after the date of entitlement to send a “electronic alert” notice of the facility that is not committed to pay wages for its workers, and on the seventeenth day after the date of the entitlement, the new work permits for the facility are suspended with the notification of the facility’s notice of the reason for the endowment and the status of salaries restrictions on the facility, and the owner of the establishment is notified of the entry of the registration mechanism The facility if the customer wants to do so.

The Ministry has developed a wage protection system with a technology that allows it to create a database and information on payment of workers in the private sector, and to follow up the extent of commitment of the facilities operating to pay wages in the time and the agreed extent, and the ministry also has a number of mechanical control and the mechanical procedures that guarantee the application of the wage protection system to its registered facilities, optimally.