Salary Support Initiative Campaign for Nafis Program in UAE

 

UAE Prepares young citizens to enter the era of economic competitiveness based on skills and the latest developments of the era. Development, prosperity, and stability are the tools that move people forward. The economic system based on diversity and partnership between the public and private sectors is essential for the economic future of the country

What is the objective of Nafis?

The programaims to Create a partnership between the public and the private sectors so that the private sector can become the key driver of the UAE’s development journey

• Offer equal opportunities in the private sector to attract Nationals, enabling them to occupy 75,000 job opportunities in the sector over the next five years
• Provide coaching, professional training, mentoring services, and counselling to the programme participants to foster the attraction of the Emirati human resources to the private sector.

What are some of the benefits offered by Nafis

• Emirati Salary Support Scheme: This supports the salaries of Emirati Nationals wishing to work and get involved in training programmes in the private sector. Those employed for a full-time job are eligible for a top-up of the difference between their salary and the relevant target salary, no greater than a specified ceiling amount.
• Pension Programme: The Pension programme helps Emirati employees and employers alike in their pension fund contributions.
• Child Allowance Scheme: This aims to support Emirati employees by providing them with a child allowance for up to four children.
• Talent Programme: It works to develop the competencies of national cadres to train Emiratis and develop their specialized competencies to obtain international professional certificates.
• Apprentice Programme: A 12-month training program with financial rewards in private and semi-governmental companies to support the development of Emirati graduates’ expertise in various sectors.
• National Healthcare Programme: It aims to develop national competencies in the field of nursing through paid scholarships and through the health assistant program for high school graduates, the diploma/higher diploma in emergency medicine, and the bachelor’s program for nursing. It will qualify and empower 10,000 citizens in the health sector during the next five years.
• Unemployment Benefit: Unemployment benefit provides support to employees having recently suffered from a loss of job due to reasons beyond their control for up to 6 months. The person receiving unemployment benefit must be actively looking for a job with the help of the relevant authorities. If the person receiving the unemployment benefit refuses to join a job that is offered.