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Labour case hearing and ex parte judgement
Hi Madam,
Good Evening!!
A labour case has been filed against my employer for the non-payment of salaries and final settlement at Abu Dhabi First Instance Court. The amount comes approx AED 95000.
I've attended the hearing in Labor Court two times and the next date is given for 09-04-2019. But my company didn't appear for any hearing in the court as the authorized personnel in my employer are in large and the company is like the status of a lock-out, not legally.
While checking the case status online, the stage is shown as (متداولة في المحاكمة), which translated into English gave me output as circulated in the trial.
Please advise what happens next. How many more times I have to attend the hearings? When can a final judgement be expected and is there any chance of getting money?
Dear Questioner,
From the above description, I assume that the notification procedures are still under process and not completed yet.
The Court may ask you to make a publication of the hearing notification during the next hearing which is the last stage of notification.
Once the same is done and still the employer fails to attend the hearing, you may request the Court for an ex-parte judgement.
Hope the above explanation is satisfactory.
Thank you.
Regards,
Rajasree Ravivarma
