Hi ashraf
Absolutely agree with you and am glad to say in companies that are striving towards equal opportunity employment there is grade pay and benefits.The difference comes in the pension payout for the UAE citizens

here the deal is that company has to pay a percentage of the salary.But the fun part is that the emarati is to be employed continuosly for 20 years before they can touch the money.Also if they break employment and transfer to another company they have to pay around 30000 AED before it can be transferred to the new company.Seen a few emarati's(women) who got married took a break and started working again but now have to give 30000 to get their pension reactivated!!!And yes companies are slowly moving toward talent retention because it's costing them money to recruit

so hoping for the best.And many thanks to all for your replies
Ps: Geetha ur forecast is a pretty good study on the hr and labour trends in dubai.As a matter of fact there has been talk of introducing freezone laws for certain industries which are considered important for the development of UAE's economy ie. this will also apply to companies outside the free zone.Lastly there is also talk of removing the system of bans.Am sure it will be done away with in the coming years.
Cheers