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Employers expected to provide free housing to low-income workers under new UAE decree
'Free housing for low income workers', 18 Jul 2016
Labourers paid less than Dh2,000 per month [$544.5] will enjoy free accommodation offered by the employers, says the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation...the Decree...applies to establishments hiring over 50 workers...[and] will come into force this coming December..."Experts spent several months studying the living conditions of those workers, who have been listed in the ministry’s classifications system as low-skill labourers. The ministry follows up on the workers' housing via inspectional visits and takes legal action against violating facilities."