I know you will hate me for suggesting this...

My local friend was telling me his colleague attendance is very bad, yet no one dare to complain to the Human Resource dept. as he was the cousin of another top management in the company. No, this top mgt. X = not equal to owner/share-holders/chairman of the company.

Anyway, back to his colleague. He got the job through his aunty's influence even though he is not experienced at all in the designation given. *Well it's common here if you've connection but well.. it's not how smart you are, it's who YOU are. Anyway, this person is always absent, and others have to share his workload instead yet 'that' absentee get better salary and grades than those who work! Worst of all, that person had others clock in time for him during his absent so it show as perfect attendance sheet. This person is always LATE and leave early toO! Yes, you bet the person is a local too but look, there are other hardworking locals who came early and leave on time, yet this particular person get the special privilege! When it comes to bonuses/benefits/promotion, the person get what he do not deserved compared to peers who were twice eligible for it.

So is it fair to the stake holders as they are the paymasters of all employees and assets?

Well well.. it happens at time`in this city.. Unfortunately...

Being a major stake holder or government bodies, how do you ensured that your corporate arms are operating the way it supposed to be, without being unfair to others?

Simple Maths Equations :

A company employed 5 bakers to produce 1000 breads a day with a monthly target of min 30,000 breads. Each bread they make will bring in profit of USD1/each. Montly revenue = 1000x30 days = 30,000 USD and you pay 1K USD for each baker.

Deducting rest days entitlement for each, each baker should bake 6,000 breads a month. Unfortunately, one baker is always sick or comes late and leave early, and the other bakers have to work extra hard to produce the 30,000 bread/mth target for this person's behalf.

Scenario 1 :

The owner owns the bakery, so it's his/her rights to employ relatives or anyone he/she prefer since it's his own money! Endure and work, if not find yourself a new job!

Scenario 2 :

The 5 bakers are not related to the owner at all, do you think he/she (owner) will be so lenient towards that problematic baker?

Scenario 3 :

The owner has entrusted a Supervisor to run the bakery on his/her behalf. He/She (owner) is not aware of such thing that happen, and guess he/she will never know....Sadz but the solution = Scenario 1 - Endure or find yourself a new job.

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Local Casual Leave

15 days Casual leave entitlement in a year = Sick leave for employee. If you are sick for a day, you may just apply a day casual leave by calling your company without any doctor’s verification etc. If you are sick for more than 1 day, some company may require medical certification to prove your sickness!

Apparently, a lot of employees take advantage of the casual leave entitlement as an official day off whenever they like it. Coming from a country with minimum 14 working days annual leave a year (increase a day each year and maximum 21 days/year) for local staff, we hardly see any of our colleagues having unused leaves by end of the year. That’s because : We worked hard and Play hard as what we deserved! Yet, it’s always the case in this country that many employees claimed that they have no time to take leave as THEY ARE ALWAYS SO IMPORTANT TO THE COMPANY eventhough the UAE ministry of Labour imposed it. 15 days of casual leave + 30 or 35 calendar days = 45 days in a year (That’s excluding Public Holidays!) 35 days sound fair as some only returned home once a year after being away for 11 months. However, it seems that a lot of employees are taking advantage of it. I’m not suggesting removing casual leave entitlement but shouldn't it be apply appropriately. If you are sick, you should see a doctor for medication and certification! If you think you don’t have to see a doctor as you are not that sick, then you should come to work! Simple as that! You may challenge me saying that if you can step out of the house to see a doctor, you may as well go to work! Yes, you got the point! You can still see a doctor, get some prescriptions and return home for rest if you are really sick.

Suggestion: Implement sick leave verify by certified company doctors for any casual leave taken, even if it’s a day.

Monitoring attendance and Punctuality:

Security Access card is the card companies used to monitor employees’ attendance & punctuality. What’s the point of having it when there’s other colleague who will clock in the timing for the absentee on his/her behalf? Yes, we’re talking about things that will happen here. Obviously it’s not fair to others but what else you can do since you don’t want to get into trouble. We’re talking about big organizations where Human Resource dept. can’t keep track of all employees scattering in different places. For small companies where HR is the same office, Employ reliable staff! How to implement the access card by finger print thingy? Seek help from Dubai govt! They did a good job in tracking people coming and out with E-gate!

Suggestion : Implementing E-card with finger Print!!!! I’m sure violators will not be able to swipe/clock in time on others behalf! Oh..come with the finger then haha!