Q: Hello, If your employer’s behavior is causing you to resign, could this be considered constructive dismissal? My employer has been illegally deducting from my commission check. When I confronted him, he wrote down various overhead costs to run the practice, costs that, as an employee, I am not responsible for, along with profit-sharing deductions that were never agreed upon in my job offer or contract. He told me that if I couldn’t accept these terms, I would need to find another clinic to work at. He then created a new contract including all these deductions, which I refused to sign. His manager later tried to force me to sign it, but I did not. I felt very threatened and bullied, so I filed a labor complaint, which was transferred to court. However, I currently lack the funds to proceed due to their actions. If I file another labor complaint later and they ask why I no longer work there, can I use constructive dismissal as the reason?

Q: Hii I have been working in a company for more than 1.5 years in sales and there were two transactions from the client that I took into my friend's account, as we usually do sometimes to make a commission from the customer. But I returned the whole amount to the company which was 64k and I have a receipt of 40k but I paid 24k in cash. Then after 2 months, I resigned from the company for some personal reasons. I was the performer of the company and they won't let me go then they started investigating me when they knew about these transactions, but they used it against me in the police and court as well. They did not have any proof or evidence to prove that they hadn't received it, so they took an oath of AED 24k. Now, the court has passed the judgment for 24k and I need to pay now. There is yet a police case that is in prosecution but I am scared of what can be judgement in that scenario as per your experience. Kindly revert

س: طاب مساءك، أعمل بموجب عقد عمل غير محدد المدة في إمارة أبو ظبي. أعمل لدى شركة خاصة. أنا هنا منذ خمسة أشهر. وفي الوقت الحالي، قدمت استقالتي إلى مديري في 18 مايو الماضي لأنه يريد أنه يدفع لي على أساس العمولة. لقد طلبت منه تقديم خطاب يُفيد بأنه سيتم تخفيض الراتب أو أنه سيتم التعامل معي على أساس العمولة. ولكنه رفض ذلك ويريد مني أن أسدد المال الذي حوله إلى حسابي المصرفي. ويريدني أن أدفع تكاليف التأشيرة. كما أنه يحتفظ بجواز سفري. لقد قدمت شكوى إلى وزارة الموارد البشرية والتوطين حول هذا الموضوع في 18 مايو. ولقد تلقى رسالة بشأن الشكوى وطلب مني مغادرة العمل. في 19 مايو تلقيت اتصالاً من وزارة الموارد البشرية والتوطين وقمنا بتسوية الأمر وسحبت الشكوى. عدت إلى العمل لقضاء فترة الإشعار لمدة شهر واحد لكنه رفض ذلك. إنه يهددني ويقول إنني كنت غائبًا عن العمل منذ 18 مايو. لا يريدني أن أعمل هناك، ولقد حذف البريد الإلكتروني الخاص بالعمل. لقد كنت في المكتب في 22 مايو لكنه رفض السماح لي بالعمل، ولذلك تواصلت مع وزارة الموارد البشرية والتوطين بشأن حالتي وقاموا بإعادة تفعيل الشكوى مرة أخرى.

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 Federal Decree-Law No. (31) of 2021 Promulgating the Crimes and Penalties Law, known as the "New UAE Penal Code", governs criminal actions in the United Arab Emirates. The New Penal Code repeals the previous UAE Penal Code (Federal Law No. (3) of 1987 Promulgating the Penal Code).

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).

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.