Initially, I thought it was possible until I approached the Labor Office. It was there I learnt they could not help me in this matter. This, as I understood later on, allows employers to "bargain" with their employees who are badly in need of an NOC due to better prospects in some other company they may have found. The employers adopt the strategy "Don't demand your accrued benefits and take the NOC in exchange." It works! The employee sacrifices his benefits to get this piece of paper, and the employers get their "own" pockets filled. The game continues. It is a bitter pill one has to swallow whether one likes it or not.