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More professionals now eligible for work nature allowance

Dubai: The administration has amended the list of professional categories eligible for work nature allowance in Dubai government, adding it to Executive Council Resolution No. (21) of 2016.

A new professional category ‘Forensics Jobs’ has been added which will benefit from a work nature allowance of a maximum of 100 percent of the basic salary, with the maximum payable monthly allowance being Dh25,000. This is the third among six professional categories eligible for work nature allowance, Emirates 24/7 reported.

However, the professional categories entitled to work nature allowance listed in Resolution No. (15) of 2013 have been retained in the new Resolution.

As per the new Resolution, the first and the second job categories will receive a work nature allowance of 100 percent of the basic salary with a monthly maximum payable allowance of Dh25,000. The first category includes medical doctors while the second includes the posts of financial controller and auditor at the Financial Audit Department.

Under the new Resolution, the fourth category is eligible for an allowance of 50 percent of the basic monthly salary. The maximum payable allowance is Dh10,000 per month. This category includes engineers, legal professionals, professionals in financial planning and studies, investment managers, experts at the Expertise department, dispute settlement professionals in the Dubai Ruler’s Court, internal auditors at government departments, specialized management and human resource professionals, IT professionals, judicial assistants, and teaching and training staff at universities, colleges and institutes, said the news portal.

The fifth category reportedly includes accountants, paramedics, nursing pharmacists, emergency medicine technicians, professionals in health, public safety and environment inspection, customs inspectors, public parking inspectors and media professionals. Jobs in this category are eligible for a work nature allowance of 30 percent of the basic salary, with a maximum allowance of Dh6,000 per month.

In the sixth category are employees in regular night shift jobs, who are entitled to an allowance of 25 percent of their basic monthly salary. The resolution is effective from the date of publishing in the Official Gazette, reported Emirates 24/7.

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