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3 available 3 • View allIf the company is offering a fake job and takes money, how can we get the money back?



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Q: Hello,
If the company is offering a fake job and takes money, how can we get the money back?
And how can we take legal action against them?
Jan 24, 2025
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Checking the seriousness of a job offer in the UAE
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Q: Good evening Madam,
You are requested to send some details regarding a job offer.
I recently got one employment letter from the University of Sharjah with correspondence after documents verification and qualification experience without any interview.
So I suspect something on this employment which I'm unable to find out if it's genuine or fraud. Could you help me? Are you willing to provide provision to me?
I will send the details to you.
Thanking you ma'am,
D.R. V.
Hyderabad, India
Sep 29, 2019
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How to check a job offer when the agency asks for money?
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Q: Dear Sir/Madam,
I have received an offer from a hospital in Dubai. The work permit and visa processing have been assigned to an agency that is demanding 1480/USD from me.
What to do?
Mar 7, 2023
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3 available 3 • View allNew Job Scam currently trending – Job Scam Alert Part II 79
Further to my article Scam Alert: Fake UAE Job Offers, I believe the scam artists have read the same. Yes, I call them the artists as it is an art to fool people. They have paid attention to every aspect of my article and now have come up with an innovative way to scam the job seekers. Therefore, my revised strategy in this article.
Sep 23, 2019
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Scam Alert: Fake UAE Job Offers! 1290
The fraudsters allegedly post jobs online or even on reputable websites like #Monster.com or #Naukrigulf.com with too good to be true salaries and unbelievable benefits. Then WITHOUT an interview or fake telephone call interview (which is never done for real jobs in the UAE) provides an offer letter which includes the names and logos of the employer with or without the UAE Embassy stamp and then asks you to pay processing or visa fee to a travel company or exchange companies. BEWARE!
Sep 20, 2018
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An Overview of the New UAE Labor Law and Recent Amendments of 2024 236
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.
Sep 10, 2024
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Laws & Regulations
2 available 2 • View allFederal Decree-Law No. (33) of 2021 On the Regulation of Labor Relations 34
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).
Sep 20, 2021
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Ministerial Decree No. (764) of 2015 On Ministry of Labour Approved Standard Employment Contracts 5
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.
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