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Q: My husband's company hasn't paid salary to its employees for 3 months, all of the employees. To add to the vows, the founder of the company passed away last fortnight but the legalities of transfer are not informed. So, basically, we have no funds left, mounting bills and credits, all of the colleagues are in the same plight.Please help with what can be done to resolve this.

Nov 8, 2016
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Unpaid salary and the right action required to redeem it
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Q: I started working in August 2017 with a company in Dubai. By the end of August, I received my first salary on time.
Now, it is already the end of October and my employer still didn't pay my September salary. As per accounting, it is also not clear when we will receive October salary, maybe mid of November for September salary only.
My contract is unlimited and I would like to know when I can report salary delay to the MoL. By 11.11.2017, will my contract be breached because of 2 unpaid salaries in a row, and can I resign and change to a new company without getting a labour ban?
When can I stop working for my current company without notice due to unpaid salary and breach of contract?

Nov 2, 2017
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How to preserve your rights upon resignation for salary delay
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Q: My salary is delayed for 3 months. Now, I want to resign due to this reason.
I am wondering if the employer is allowed to deduct anything from my salary upon leaving due to this reason.
Thank you.

Oct 5, 2017
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Claiming fees from ex-employer for extra work requested after leaving
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Q: Hi,
I used to work for a company under DMCC and my last day was on Dec 31, 2019. I signed my EOS one week before the said date as I had to leave the country.
Then they asked me to continue working with them till the end of Feb 2020 remotely from the USA as they didn't find a replacement for me and I agreed as a favour to help them (I have emails as proof).
When I asked them for a contract they told me it's fine we will continue with the same contract and pay you when your manager approves of your working hours and my manager approved all my work hours (I have emails as proof).
Now the company is experiencing a financial problem and didn't pay me the last one week of Dec 2019 + January and Feb 2020, they keep asking me to wait until they got some money and pay me.
Till now, I still have good relations with them, but the problem I feel the company will not recover as most of the employees including my manager filed cases and resigned because the company is not paying them.

Jun 28, 2020
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Legal blog
2 available 2 • View allRecent Amendments to the UAE Labour Regulations 24
Three new ministerial decrees containing a new set of rules for the labour market were issued by the UAE Ministry of Labour last year and came into force on the 1st of January this year. The decrees are expected to alter the contractual relationship between employers and workers in the UAE.
Apr 19, 2016
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An Overview of the New UAE Labor Law and Recent Amendments of 2024 233
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.
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Laws & Regulations
2 available 2 • View allFederal Law No. (8) of 1980 Concerning the Regulation of Labor Relations 53
The provisions of this Law, known as "UAE Labour Law", govern the relationship between employers and employees and other labour matters in the United Arab Emirates. There are special labour related regulations applicable in some of the free zones in the UAE.
Apr 20, 1980
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Federal 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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My employer fired me under Article 44 for not showing up for work for 7 days in a row. But that’s not the case at all. I was sick and the management was aware and they let me go.
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I have a situation where I signed an MoU and gave my security deposit to the seller's agent. However later, the bank valuation of the property is lower than the selling price.
On my MoU, it has a clause that “the buyer has a right to cancel/negotiate if the bank valuation is not the same as MoU.” I tried to negotiate, however, we didn't agree on the price so I asked to cancel.
Now the agent is threatening me that they will not cancel the MoU and that will deposit my cheque. Later I also came to know that the person I am dealing with is not the same person whose name is mentioned as a broker in the MoU.
The agent I am dealing with is constantly messaging me with threats. I decided not to speak to him and instead, I wrote an email to the broker whose name is mentioned on the MoU but received no response.
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