Q: Hello, Would anyone advise, I have got an employment offer letter from a Dubai based company named 'Global Shipping and Maritime Company'. They refer me to a travel agency. Now they want money - 1750$. How can I check if it is fake or real?

Q: I got a job offer from one UAE company but I have to pay visa fees as a security which they will return after six months. They will provide me employment offer letter and at the same time I need to pay them visa fees. I am a bit confused that the offer letter is a legally binding document to claim in future if they will not provide me the job. Kindly help me to solve my problem. I am on a visit visa in Dubai.

Q: Me and my friend are trapped in an employment scam. One Sharjah-based manpower consultancy offered me a fake offer letter and arranged a visit visa and made us come to Sharjah. Totally he collected AED 19200 from us. We are here for more than 50 days. He sends us to some companies which are not relevant to us and claiming he had given the job but we are not accepting. We both lost our money. How can we file a complaint against him?

Q: I received an employment contract from an oil company in the UAE and they said to contact a travel agency. Please, how to check whether it's fraud or not sir?

Q: I received a job offer without a face to face interview from a corporation as an IT Manager. Also, it is an oil company. Please advise me whether it's true or not.

Q: Good evening Madam, You are requested to send some details regarding a job offer. I recently got one employment letter from the University of Sharjah with correspondence after documents verification and qualification experience without any interview. So I suspect something on this employment which I'm unable to find out if it's genuine or fraud. Could you help me? Are you willing to provide provision to me? I will send the details to you. Thanking you ma'am, D.R. V. Hyderabad, India

س: السلام عليكم، لدي عدة أسئلة: 1- راتبي 1800 درهم لا أتقاضاه كاملاً مرة واحدة؛ إذ أحصل على 1300 أو 900 ثم أحصل على باقي المبلغ بعد أسبوع. هل هذا التصرُّف قانوني؟ 2- حين أمرض أذهب للكشف وأحضر العلاج على نفقتي. أليست الشركة ملزمة بذلك؟ 3- دفعت في بلدي مبلغ 35 ألف جنيه، وحين أتيت إلى الشركة دفعت 2000 درهم باقي تكلفة الإقامة. يُخصَم مني مبلغ 500 كل شهر. هل هذا الخصم من الراتب قانوني؟ 4- نركب الباص 23 عاملاً. هل إذا صورت المنظر وقدمت شكوى أتعرض للضرر؟ لا أشتكي إلا للحفاظ على سلامتي وسلامة الآخرين. أرجو الرد في أسرع وقت!

Q: I got a call for an interview and I have attended it in one free zone located in Sharjah. After 2 days, I got a message from the company that I need to pay for the first two-year visa but later they will renew, and it was AED 7000. I replied to them that I can't afford that amount at this time, then they agreed that I pay AED 2000 first later they will deduct from my salary. I don't know what to do and how I should proceed. Is it genuine or fake?  I am confused and also it is located in the free zone. Can anyone help me with how to proceed?

Q: I posted my CV to work in the middle east on a job site in the gulf. Last week, I got an email claiming from a general hospital in Abu Dhabi. They showed interest in my CV. All emails were from free accounts (gmail.com address). I received an offer of employment asking me to sign and contact and return the signed copy and cc AL HILAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM LLC-UAE to arrange my visa and work permit. Is this a legit job or a scam? I have the letter.

The fraudsters allegedly post jobs online or even on reputable websites like #Monster.com or #Naukrigulf.com with too good to be true salaries and unbelievable benefits. Then WITHOUT an interview or fake telephone call interview (which is never done for real jobs in the UAE) provides an offer letter which includes the names and logos of the employer with or without the UAE Embassy stamp and then asks you to pay processing or visa fee to a travel company or exchange companies. BEWARE!

Further to my article Scam Alert: Fake UAE Job Offers, I believe the scam artists have read the same. Yes, I call them the artists as it is an art to fool people. They have paid attention to every aspect of my article and now have come up with an innovative way to scam the job seekers. Therefore, my revised strategy in this article.

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.

According to this Decree, tentative approval to admit a foreign worker for the purpose of employment in the UAE cannot be granted until an Employment Offer that conforms with the Standard Employment Contract is duly signed by the employee and presented to the Ministry of Labour.

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).