UAE limits office-based private sector workforce at 30%

DUBAI: The UAE’s private-sector should allow only a maximum 30 percent of its workforce to report physically for work starting Sunday, March 29, while the rest would be working from home, the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation said, according to a report from state news agency WAM.
The decision was part of the country’s implementation of the ‘Remote Work System’ for jobs that do not require physical presence in the office, the report added.
The ministry also said that private companies should consider reducing the number of customers visiting their service centers to 30 percent and to follow health and safety precautions, including keeping enough distance between them.
Infrastructure projects, catering, telecommunications, power, health, education, banking, food processing, health supplies manufacturing and cleaning firms are exempted from the decision, state news agency WAM said.
Private companies must also provide screening devices at their entrances to check the body temperature of employees entering their premises and send for check-up those who have coronavirus symptoms.