Q: Labor Case I have not been paid 4+ months in salaries of 40,500. I have served in the company 5.8+ years to date. I am due to pending salaries, leave salaries for 51 days, gratuity and a personal balance of 54,000. My present company has been sold to another company and I have been requested to continue my job at a lower salary and demoted from my current position of General Manager which are terms of arbitrary termination. I have refused to sign stating I will not do so until my pending salaries and dues are settled. They have not terminated me nor have I resigned from my current position as I believe they are not legally authorized too. They have not transferred the TL to their names yet. However, they are sitting in our office and making transactions on behalf of the company and operating the bank accounts. The previous owner is unreachable both by email and phone. As per the above, what are my options to claim?

Q: I want to know what are chances to get my pending salary and EOS benefits. I was working in a company based in JAFZA. The company was delaying the salary 2-3 months. I started searching for a job and found a new one in DOHA-Qatar. I properly handed over and resigned. They told me that the company doesn’t have money and they asked me to leave and join the new company without cancelling my visa. They promised me that they will transfer my pending salary and EOS benefits once the company has money. Later they refused to give me after sending many follow up emails. They cancelled my visa by saying I didn't come back form vacation.

Q: I work for a company in IMPZ Dubai. I resigned on June 23 & my last working day was on July 22, 2018. My employer has not paid 2 months' salary & gratuity till date. The company forcefully asked me to sign the cancellation paper and my visa got cancelled on  August 16. I have an email from the vice president of the company dated August 24 confirming that my settlements will be paid soon, and they mentioned in my settlement calculation that my dues will be paid upon visa cancellation, as this is their company policy. Few other employees have left the company recently & the management followed the same process. i.e. visa cancellation first and then settlement of dues. Kindly advise, how can I get my rights?

Q: Who is in charge of my End of Service gratuity if the company which is an L.L.C. is not able to pay it because of financial issues?

Q: Hi Hayyan, Good Evening. Hope you are doing good and staying safe. I am G. S., an ex-employee of [------] LLC, an affiliate of [-----] LLC. I have been associated with the company for the past 4 years, and finally resigned as the company was not paying me since March 2020. I have finally got my visa cancelled as I had got a new job offer from another company. The reason which the company gave me is that I was working for one of the group companies, which was mapped as my cost centre by the company. My Offer Letter, Clearance Letter is from the mother company- as they were the one who issued me an offer 4 years back and gave me the visa of the affiliate. I have my pending dues/EOSB with the company and have to start the legal process, as they have not paid me. So, I need to put a legal case of mental/moral harassment which my family has gone through because of all this and get my money back from the company.

Q: I am working for a company in Dubai since 2009. I am on an unlimited contract and planning to resign by the end of next month. The company is going thru financial issues for 6 years and the employee benefits are not settled for all employees who resigned in the last few years. I need your advice on how to begin the legal process and get the gratuity and other pending benefits from the company if I would have to proceed legally. I shall tender my resignation by end of Feb 2022. Also, would like to know the expenses incurred by me if I am moving forward legally by hiring a lawyer.

Q: Dear sir, I am currently working and have pending salaries from August 2021 till the present. The company gives a salary every 2 or 3 months; that is why it is accumulated for almost 11 months. I received my salary last April 20, 2022, for the month of July 2021. My MOHRE the last time I check is updated till February 2022. I am planning to resign but I am afraid that the company will not give me anything. I would like to ask what should I do so that the company will be forced to give me all my pending salary?

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An interview-format article covering the topic of filing an employment court case in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW.

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