Algae causes stink on Palm Jumeirah

A clean-up team has been drafted on to the Palm Jumeirah after complaints from residents about strong-smelling algae collecting along its shoreline.

For the past few weeks tenants living along fronds C and D of the artificial island, where garden homes cost up to Dh12 million (US$3.27m), have complained that the substance has left the area stinking “like sewage”.

Nakheel, the developer of the Palm, confirmed that the algae had been identified at locations around Palm Jumeirah. It said the phenomenon was common in summer, when warmer waters and increased sunlight provided perfect conditions for it to grow.

One resident said: “I don’t like to whinge, particularly with the current climate and with people losing their jobs, but when you pay a lot of money for a property on the Palm you want problems like this to be sorted out… MORE

Proposed Job Protections Will Actually Cost Emiratis Jobs

Most businesses will be discouraged froming hiring new Emirati employees under the strict new system.  Who would want to hire an employee that is nearly impossible to get rid off if their productivity is not up to standard.  Answer… no one.  That’s why more employers in this tight job market will look to local labor last.  This hurts the national population across the board as opportunities for employment will be even more limited.  Yes, emiratis you job will be protected.  However, no one will be hiring you.  I would suggest the latter problem is worse.

Proposal moots job security for Emiratis

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02/15/2009 09:02 AM | By Wafa Issa, Staff Reporter

Dubai: A proposal to ban companies in the private sector from sacking Emiratis other than for labour law violations is under consideration.

The National Human Resource Development and Employment Authority (Tanmia) has submitted a draft proposal to the Ministry of Labour under which cases pertaining to the termination of Emiratis working in the private sector are to be evaluated.

Feddah Lootah, the acting director-general at Tanmia, said the proposal aims to safeguard jobs of Emiratis in the private sector. “The main task of the authority is to preserve the jobs of Emiratis,” he said.

The ministry is looking into the proposal but no time-frame has been given as to when a decision could be made.

The proposal suggests that the termination of Emiratis in private sector companies is to be considered arbitrary unless the employee has violated the labour law.

The violations which could lead to a worker’s peremptory dismissal are outlined in Article 120 in the Labour Law…