Q: Respected Sir / Madam, On Mar 2014, my manager was in the process of transferring my visa to the main company. On his personal guarantee and assurance, he asked me to sign the receipt of AED 34,894/- towards my full and final settlement for the period I worked from August 2007 to March 2014. Nevertheless, he never made any payment and just assured that he'll pay the same later, saying that the company used my dues for company urgent expenses. Also between April 2014 to December 2014, and on many occasions, he requested on his personal guarantee and assurance to use my credit card for company official payments. The amount outstanding is AED 13,337/-. When I started to follow up on my dues, he simply kept dragging and assuring the payment. I begged him many times to clear my dues but he never made any attempt to pay my dues. He conned, lied and cheated me with my hard earned money, along with the employer. The company is closed now and we both are working in different companies. Please advise regarding the legal options to get my dues from him. Regards, Vinod

Q: Due to the harassment, I left the job and return to India without informing my company as if I told them they will not let me leave. But now they filed a case in the UAE that I have stolen AED 20000 from the company, and they also filed a case in India. Now they want to take me back to Dubai for further inquiry by filing a case in India and are demanding local police to send me back to Dubai. Please advise me.

Q: My brother in law is in jail for taking AED 12 million from his company and he is in jail (Abu Dhabi, UAE) under remand. I don't know whether he had taken the money or not, but his employer is saying he had taken it and given him a confession letter. I don't know about the confession they took. I had not seen him because it happened last week and I am not able to go and meet him as it is very far from my house and also I have no blood relation.  I need to take permit from the prosecution department. I trying to meet him by next week. Kindly advise me what I need to do. Also, advise me on: 1. Suppose the above thing has happened, how many years he needs to be in jail? 2. If it is a false case by the employer, how will we prove his innocence? 3. Will the court give a chance to him to prove he is innocent and how? Please note that he has no advocate. 4. I assume this will be a false case as the employer is saying he started doing so for the last three years. This company had every year annual audit and they did not find.

Q: A case for false charges of embezzlement has been in the public prosecution for months now. I have proved to them that I am innocent providing them with all proof. What is the next step?

Q: My wife has a case against her stating that she & a few other colleagues aided their boss in embezzling company finances in their former company. My wife spent a total time of 2 months in training. She was not even provided a visa from that company. The claims of embezzlement happened even before she joined that company. Is there a possibility of having the case against her dropped?

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.