Q: Can a company owner keep my original passport with him?

Q: Good day Sir, Please, I would like to know if it is legal for an employer to hold his employee's educational certificates and passport after frequent requests by the employee to return his documents? This has cost me a lot of loss in terms of time and money while doing online courses. I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks

Q: Hi Good day, Can I file a complaint about being verbally abused by my employer? What should I do about it? Plus they're holding my passport. Thank you

Q: What to do if the employer does not give a passport? Who can help and what to do? Thank you in.advance.

Q: I want to take my passport back from my employer. I am taking a salary of 1800 and working as an engineer, so why should I keep my passport with them? I have not taken any advance from the company, but I am afraid to ask them to return it to me. What to do if they deny it because after asking passport a new issue will be raised and I know they will not give?

Q: Should I hand over my passport to my employer for free zone visa cancellation?

Q: Dear sir/madam, Immediate resignation was rejected. The job I am doing is not in my signed contract. The amount paid is in my contract but does not match the duties given to me. I was stopped from doing what is in my contract or else to resign & go home. I have audios of phone calls being threatened by C.E.O. All this is because they have my passport in their custody, therefore, they promised that I won't go home till I die and I have evidence of this statement. Need advice, please!

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.

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.

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).