Emiratisation Distorted

An article today casts a negative shadow on the process of Emiratisation here in the UAE. The slant of the article appears to be that Emiratis working for international banks in the UAE feel discriminated against, mostly because they don't reach more senior positions within the organization. Yet the journalist and many of those interviewed appear to be confusing "Emiratisation" with a mandate to structure working conditions in international banks to mirror those in national ones. The main complaints from those interviewed have to do with the longer working hours and less vacation time offered by international banks. This logic appears to imply that "Emiratisation" mandates that non-national organizations adhere to the hours and vacation schedules of national ones rather than simply setting quotas on the percentage of the workforce which is Emirati.