The Group’s total workforce expanded 8 per cent to 130,919 employees during the year, and Emirates reportedly reviewed 3.5 million job applications and onboarded more than 9,700 employees in the UAE alone.
Al Owais joins Emkan after an extensive tenure at Bank Albilad, where he most recently served as Head of Human Resources Transformation for over eight years.
The labour ministry said videos and posts claiming the midday outdoor work ban is already active are inaccurate.
In engineering-related private-sector jobs, expatriates occupied more than nine out of ten senior roles, underlining the need to strengthen local tech capabilities and accelerate workforce upskilling initiatives.
Psychological safety is shaped less by slogans and values statements than by everyday behaviours. Employees watch closely to see what happens when someone disagrees, raises a concern, or admits a mistake
