Q: My previous employer is a private company and I worked with them for 1 year and a half on an unlimited contract. My previous employer has forced on me a salary reduction which I didn't agree to and no letter was signed. Due to not agreeing to this salary reduction, I was forced to transfer almost half of my combined salary from months of Feb 2018 to June 2018 or else lose my job. Afraid to lose my job and under this threat I had to transfer almost half of my salary to the employer. I want to claim back all the salary that was wrongfully taken from me. I have bank statement proof that showed the amount that was transferred from my account to the employer in July 2018, and starting July 2018 payroll I was getting the reduced salary. I also have my previous labour contract that states my monthly salary. 1- What are my options? 2- Would I be able to claim all the deducted salary if I provide the court with the evidence?

Q: Hi, My query is that my husband and his 3 colleagues won a criminal case that was filed against them by their employer accusing them of theft and cheating. The employer has not paid full salary and gratuity and has harassed them a lot for 18 months. My husband and his colleagues want to claim everything by filing a case in labor court. Are there any chances that the employer can file any other case in civil court against them? The Dubai court has already dropped all the criminal charges that were put by him on my husband. Can they move forward with filing the other case in labor court? Is there any risk from the employer?

Q: Hello. My husband is a heavy truck driver in a transport company in Dubai, working in that company for the last 4 years. His boss (arbab) suddenly asked them to work on less salary of just AED 2500. My husband and his other 3-4 colleagues were not willing, so their boss started harassing them. He didn't pay their money, made them sit free at home for many months, neither was he canceling them. So they took legal help and filed a case against him in the labor court. In turn, that boss filed a criminal case against my husband and his colleagues, a false case that they have made a loss to his company by stealing and selling diesel illegally. He has got a confession letter signed by them by lying. he told them as papers for attending safety classes. He didn't allow them to see the papers. The papers were in English which they don't understand being not much educated. He has put a loss claim of approx.1 lakh dhs on each of the 4 persons. What are our chances in this situation?

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.

The UAE has adopted a major reform in its legislative system that brought about 40 new laws and amendments to the company law, criminal law, personal status, among others. The amendments aim to develop the legislative structure in various sectors, the labor law being one of these, was the most recent. We try in this article to shed light on the changes introduced with the new labor law and their significance on both, the employer and employee.

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).