UAE to give conglomerate favourable treatment after local hiring pledge
Reuters
Published Sep 18, 2021 11:17AM ET
Updated Sep 18, 2021 12:20PM ET
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates will give favourable treatment to a locally-owned conglomerate after it pledged on Saturday to hire thousands of citizens, days after the government unveiled a $6.5 billion plan to get more Emiratis in private sector jobs.
Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) thanked shopping mall giant Majid Al Futtaim for its commitment and said it would be given priority in government contracts.
Majid Al Futtaim, which generated 15.6 billion dirham ($4.25 billion) in revenue in the first half of the year, earlier said it would hire 3,000 Emiratis over the next five years.
“We have a collective sense of responsibility to support and upskill the talented and ambitious national workforce that exists in the UAE," Chief Executive Alain Bejjani said.
Around 411 of the 13,700 it currently employs in the UAE were Emirati, said the company, which is one of the largest shopping centre operators in the Middle East.
Majid Al Futtaim also operates in Africa and Central Asia and in sectors like hotels, real estate development and project management.
The government on Sunday announced it would spend 24 billion dirham ($6.5 billion) on benefits and subsidies to get 75,000 Emiratis into the private sector over the next five years.
Most Emiratis currently work in government roles where the pay, benefits and working hours are often better than the private sector where most positions are filled by foreigners.
($1 = 3.6728 UAE dirham)
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