The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has announced that the mandated annual Emiratisation rate of 2 percent will now require roles allocated to UAE citizens to be split equally between specialized healthcare professions and other skilled jobs within the healthcare facility.
Private healthcare facilities, like all other private sector establishments, employing 50 workers or more are required to achieve a 2 percent annual growth in Emiratisation rates of their skilled jobs. Half of this must be achieved in the first half of the year (which ended on June 30, 2026), while the remaining half can be accomplished during the second half of the year.
The Ministry’s announcement maintains this mechanism for targeted private healthcare facilities, while mandating that the nature of jobs targeted for Emiratisation must now equally include both skilled roles and specialized healthcare jobs.
Healthcare facilities are encouraged to post their job vacancies on the Nafis platform to access qualified Emirati national healthcare professionals.
MoHRE imposes financial penalties on non-compliant companies, amounting to AED 10,000 per month (AED120,000 annually) for each position they fail to fill with an Emirati citizen. The Ministry states that, from 2027, it will begin to assess private healthcare companies’ compliance with the new specialized/skilled split rule.
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