Q: Sir, I have labour court case against my Employer for money, passport and original degree. I just want to go back to my country as soon as possible.

Q: Is it legal to hold the passport of the employee by a company? I didn't get my passport back after stamping visa, they gave me just a copy of passport with the visa page. My PRO told me that all passports should stay with the company and I can receive it back to travel only upon approval of the management. He explained that this is the company policy and common practice.

Q: I recently ended up my contract with my employer because of a medical grounds. Actually, we don't have medical insurance, we are working 17 hours and I am not getting any assistance from the company. After submitting my resignation letter, my employer accepted it but requested me to leave the country then only after he will proceed with the cancellation. He finally agreed after a long period of negotiation. Now, the employment visa is cancelled and he forwarded me the residence cancellation where it's clearly mentioned that I have until 08 December grace period. I asked him to give me back my passport which he is keeping it since I started working for the company and he refused, saying that only on the 19th Jan in reference to my flight date which is 20th of January. In between, I received an offer with three times the salary I used to get and a lot of benefits including health insurance. As per the labour law, does he have the right to keep hold of my passport even after cancellation of my employment visa?

Q: I have resigned from my company and I got my pending dues also. But my passport is with them. As per them, they will release the passport but I should have another visa or a flight ticket to my home country. Please advise

Q: Hi Sir I was canceled by my employer but he refused to hand over my passport. He doesn't want me to change my status and I don't know the reason. He canceled the visa without my knowledge and he sent me the cancellation paper on the 10th day of my grace period for which he knew I only have 28 days. I asked him to give me my passport because I have to renew it before I can apply for a new visa or change my status, it states that a passport should be more than 6 months before a UAE visa can be issued. He, later on, put on absconding that I ran away but it's false. I also lost my wallet phrase which I wrote and hid inside the cover case of my passport and about $37,000 worth of crypto has gone missing because I can't find the trust wallet phrase to recover my crypto. They want to give me the passport but that cover case is missing, can I file a case for compensation for putting false absconding and unlawful holding of my passport and know the whereabouts of the passport cover case? Thank you

Q: Dear sir/madam, I came to the UAE in January for an employment contract based on a salary of 6000 AED per month as a research studies manager. Now I didn't get my job accommodation or transportation or anything they mentioned in the labor contract. Even they keep our passports also. I asked them, if you don't give me the job, give me my passport so I can go back home. They said if I want the passport, I have to pay for the company. It sounds like blackmailing. Please give me some advice. Thank you!

Q: Dear sir/madam, My employer took my passport and run away to Egypt. For no reason, he is not returning it. If I go legally, what is the use? His business has already collapsed and he has a legal case here so he might not come back here.

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.

This Decree sets the rules and conditions for the termination of fixed-term (limited) or unlimited (not term-bound) employment contract between employer and worker in the United Arab Emirates.

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).