1. A fine not less than on hundred thousand AED (100,000) and not exceeding two million AED (1,000,000) shall be imposed on any person who: a. Employs a Worker with no permit to work for him. b. Recruits or employs a Worker, and leaves him unemployed. c. Uses work permits for purposes other than those for which they are issued. d. Closes an Establishment or suspends its activity without taking the procedures for settling the rights of Workers, in violation of the provisions of this Law by Decree, its Executive Regulation and the resolutions issued in implementation thereof. e. Employs a juvenile in violation of the provisions of this Law by Decree. f. Agrees to employ a juvenile in violation of the provisions of this Law by Decree, who has guardianship or custodianship over the juvenile. 2. Any employer who circumvents the provisions of the laws, regulations or resolutions regulating the labour market and appoints one or more workers in a fictitious manner shall be punished by a fine of not less than AED (100,000) one hundred thousand and not more than AED (1,000,000) one million. If this results in the worker obtaining any benefit or advantage from any ministry, council, fund, authority or any other governmental body that the law or resolutions issued by the Cabinet have granted one or more powers to regulate the labour market or increase the competitiveness of its working cadres, or helps him evade fulfilling obligations stipulated by the legislation, the Court shall order the Employer to return the value of the financial incentives provided to the worker to any of the entities referred to in this clause. The Employer may not refer to the worker to claim the value of the financial incentives that he paid to any of those entities. The penalty stipulated in this clause shall be multiplied by the number of workers who were appointed in a fictitious manner. 3. A criminal action may not be initiated concerning the crime stipulated in Clause (2) of this Article except at the request of the Minister or his delegate. 4. The Ministry may make a settlement concerning the crime stipulated in Clause (2) of this Article based on the Employer request before a ruling is issued in it, in return for paying an amount not less than (50%) of the minimum value of the fine specified for this crime, in addition to the Employer returning all the values of the financial incentives received by his workers who were appointed in a fictitious manner. The criminal case shall expire upon payment of the settlement amount.
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