Q: Hi, Can an employer force an employee to take any remaining annual leave days during their notice period, if they prefer not to pay cash?

Q: Good evening, I have an unlimited contract, and I have received an offer letter from another company. However, my previous employer is holding up my resignation. My next job is urgent, but my company does not want to let me go. They said that I need to render a one-month notice. I plan to tell them that I will use my two years' annual leave to cover the one-month notice period. I do not know what to do. I need to start immediately at my new company, but my previous company does not want to let me go. I will complete my two years and am entitled to take a vacation, but I need to resign urgently.

Q: Can I trade my annual leaves with notice period under unlimited contract?

Q: Hi I made а complaint against my employer for not paying full notice period salary and for due salary (38 days salary) on 02-02-24 and I received a call from the Labor Advisor to research the complaint. Тhereafter, I received one SMS stating that they would contact me again on 05-02-24 at 04:30 pm. But until now, I haven’t received any call or update from the Labor Advisor. In MOHRE, it’s showing that recommendations are not yet approved by the Ministry. Please advise me on what to do.

Q: Hello, I resigned from a free zone company. I had booked two weeks of leave earlier, but when I resigned, they asked me to cancel the approved annual leave to serve the full 30 days in the office. I have been working with this company for over two years, and there is nothing in the contract about canceling leave during the notice period. Is that legal?

Q: An employee has 2.5 weeks of annual leave booked next month. She has now resigned. Does the notice period include the annual leave? If the annual leave was approved before the resignation, is she still legally allowed to take that leave?

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.

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.

This Decree sets the rules and conditions for the termination of fixed-term (limited) or unlimited (not term-bound) employment contract between employer and worker in the United Arab Emirates.

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).