A total of 20,865 expatriates working as secretaries and executive secretaries in private firms in the UAE will be replaced by UAE nationals as and when their labour contracts or labour cards expire, while another 671 human resources managers will also be out of their jobs in 18 months' time.The Khaleej Times reports the new measures were detailed in two separate ministerial orders issued yesterday by Dr Ali bin Abdullah Al Kaabi, Minister of Labour.
Humaid bin Deemas, the ministry's Assistant Under-secretary,told the Khaleej Times, "The HR managers profession is a very sensitive one. It is a qualitative job and by emiratising this profession we will give a qualitative push to the emiratisation process, since the Emirati HR managers will aid in accelerating the employment of UAE nationals in the private sector".
