س: مرحبًا، عُرض على صديق لي وظيفة في دبي بتأشيرة زيارة، وقد عمل بالشركة لمدة 4 أشهر بنفس التأشيرة. وقد انتهت تأشيرته الشهر الماضي وتجاوز المدة المسموح بها للبقاء في الإمارات. لكن الشركة قامت بتجديد تأشيرة الزيارة لمدة شهر آخر. وكلما سأل صديقي موظف الموارد البشرية عن حالة التأشيرة، لا يعطيه إجابة واضحة. لا يريد صديقي الاستمرار في العمل بهذه الشركة، لكن الشركة متحفظة على جواز سفره ولا يريدون إعادته له. صديقي يعرف أن العمل بتأشيرة زيارة مخالف لقوانين الإمارات، وهو يريد أن يستقيل. ما هي الخيارات المتاحة لديه؟ هل يجب عليه التواصل مع إدارة العمل أو وزارة العمل؟ هل سيتم ترحيله أو تغريمه أو سجنه؟

Q: Hi. I am here in the UAE on a visit visa. A company gave me an offer letter, but it's already 2 months since I'm working here and still, they did not process my employment visa. Now, my visit visa is going to expire soon. If they do not make my visa, can I file a case on the basis of offer letter? Where can I go for justice, and what do I have to do? Please advise me. Thanks

Q: I worked in the UAE under visit visa. The company owner has provided me visit visa but did not give me employment visa, and did not give me the salary. I came back to Pakistan. Please tell me how I can file a case under the UAE labour law when I have the offer letter which the company owner gave me, and how long will it take to lodge this case?

Q: I am an expatriate from India. I have received an appointment from my employer in April 2018 with an appointment letter as Sales Account Manager. The employer told me he will bring me to Dubai with a visit visa and then apply for employment visa when I start working. I joined the company on April 24th 2018 in Dubai and worked for 3 months and no employment visa applied by the employer for me. I generated business from customers from the market as per my job responsibility. As my visit visa expiry was due on July 22nd 2018, on July 20th 2018 I exit the country to India on their direction and came back again on a visit visa with the assurance of employment visa. Now, the company is not paying me the salary as mentioned in the appointment letter. I am working for the company without being paid any money. I feel that my position has been exploited by the organization for my blind faith in them. Is there any way I can claim salary from the employer legally, as I am working for the company?

س: مرحبًا، صاحب العمل، الذي سأوقع معه عقد العمل في دولة الإمارات، قدم طلبًا لاستخراج التأشيرة منذ 18 يومًا، ما هي المدة التي يستغرقها عادةً استكمال الإجراءات كلها للحصول على التأشيرة؟ أنا حاليًا في أفغانستان.

أقرت دولة الإمارات إصلاحات تشريعية كبيرة أسفرت عن إدخال 40 قانونًا وتعديلًا جديدًا على قانون الشركات والقانون الجنائي وقانون الأحوال الشخصية وغيرها. تهدف هذه التعديلات إلى تطوير الهيكل التشريعي في مختلف القطاعات، وكان أحدثها قانون العمل. نحاول في هذا المقال إلقاء الضوء على التعديلات التي أُدخلت على قانون العمل الجديد وتأثيرها على كلٍ من صاحب العمل والعامل.

According to this Decree, tentative approval to admit a foreign worker for the purpose of employment in the UAE cannot be granted until an Employment Offer that conforms with the Standard Employment Contract is duly signed by the employee and presented to the Ministry of Labour.

The provisions of this Law, known as "UAE Labour Law", govern the relationship between employers and employees and other labour matters in the United Arab Emirates. There are special labour related regulations applicable in some of the free zones in the UAE.

The provisions of this Decree-Law, known as "New UAE Labor Law", govern labour relations in the private sector of the United Arab Emirates. The New Labor Law repeals the previous UAE Labor Law (Federal Law No. (8) of 1980).