Dubai launches excellence cards for labourers
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Cards will be given to 50,000 workers of 15 companies that won 4- and 5-star ratings in Taqdeer Award
Dubai is launching ‘excellence cards’ for labourers offering them incentives and discounts at government agencies and malls and commercial establishments across the emirate.
These special cards by the organisers of Taqdeer Award will offer more than 35 incentives from four government agencies – the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), Dubai Municipality, and General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai (GDRFA-Dubai), Dubai Media Office announced.
Launched under the patronage of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, the new initiative forms part of the emirate’s efforts to enhance the welfare of workers and raise benchmarks in labour practices.
Taqdeer Award to launch Excellence Cards for labour sector on 17th May
DUBAI, 8th May, 2021 (WAM) Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, organisers of the Taqdeer Award announced that it will be launching and activating the Excellence Cards for the labour sector, a new initiative that forms part of the emirate’s efforts to enhance the welfare of workers and raise benchmarks in labour practices.
The announcement, set to be made at a gala award ceremony to be held on 17th May at the Rashid Hall of the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), seeks to recognise the contributions of companies who received 4- and 5-star ratings in the Taqdeer Award’s fourth edition last year, as well as their workers.
Dubai to launch Excellence Cards for labour sector on May 17
2 hours ago The project also features a wide range of incentives and discounts extended by private institutions for the workers of these companies. Under the patronage of Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, organisers of the Taqdeer Award announced that it will be launching and activating the Excellence Cards for the labour sector, a new initiative that forms part of the emirate’s efforts to enhance the welfare of workers and raise benchmarks in labour practices.
The announcement, set to be made at a gala award ceremony to be held on May 17 at the Rashid Hall of the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), seeks to recognise the contributions of companies who received 4- and 5-star ratings in the Taqdeer Award’s fourth edition last year, as well as their workers.
Dubai: Dubai will soon launch ‘Excellence Cards’ for the labour sector, offering companies more than 35 incentives from government agencies as well as shopping discounts for workers, officials announced on Saturday.
The project features two types of cards. The first is a Gold Card that will be awarded to companies with four and five-star ratings in the Taqdeer Award to obtain the incentives provided by government departments. The second is a Blue Card that will enable eligible workers to obtain special discounts from malls and commercial establishments located near their accommodations. The total value of discounts provided by malls, commercial establishments and national and international private companies amounts to millions of dirhams.