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Execution of a labour judgement to ensure payment of dues
My company is based in Abu Dhabi and some of our employees in Dubai were terminated last year (September, October, November 2018).
We employees approached MOHRE and out of 4 times, only 2 times the company PRO attended. And since the company was unwilling to settle the EOSB or even salaries, the matter was transferred to the court.
Since May, salaries were not paid to employees. For the first 2-3 persons, the court had released a judgement and no appeal was done by the company.
And even after the execution stage, the company is unwilling to pay money to those employees. To certain employees, the company started sending lawyers and delayed hearings and appealed twice thus delaying things.
One employee's health condition was not good and he submitted medically unfit documents to the court but nothing happened till date. The company has a branch in Dubai and these employees are under Dubai.
How can the money be collected?
Dear Questioner,
The above explained are different stages of litigation which no one can avoid once you decide to fight the case.
However, I am not sure which stage of execution you have reached. If the company is running, you can apply for the attachment of assets, trade license...etc.
Attaching company assets means freezing the entire assets such as vehicles, property, bank accounts...etc.
Once all the above steps are exhausted you can even apprehend the manager of the company as well.
I would like to know the details of execution and the procedures you have already taken to advise you more accurately.
Please feel free to contact me if you need any assistance, information or guidance in this matter.
Thank you.
Regards,
Rajasree Ravivarma
+971544461746
