Q: Hello. I'm from India. I have accepted a job offer with a firm in Dubai. I have signed the offer letter with the company and submitted my degree document for attestation from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UAE. Now, I have received a better offer from a different company in Dubai which I want to choose. At this point, I have received a 'Job offer for Unlimited Term Employment Contract' which I'm being requested to sign to apply for e-visa from the first company. Will I be able to reject the offer from this company at this point? Will I be facing a ban by rejecting the offer? I want to know the legal consequences at this point before I take a decision. (P.S - I'm willing to bear the cost incurred by the first company in the onboarding process/acquiring work permit)

Q: I am working in (Company A), I recently signed a MOL job offer letter from a company (Company B) in Dubai, however, I have since been offered another job which I wish to accept from Company C. Is it possible for me to withdraw from the original offer letter from Company B and sign with Company C? Note: I am still on employment visa from Company A. Does this affect the employee withdrawing from the offer? Will I still be able to accept the offer of Company C? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Q: Hello, Please, I need to check travel ban on my passport, but I saw that you asked for a valid passport and my passport will be expired on September 2018 is it ok? Also, I need to speak about my problem, and please, I need an advice. I was supposed to be hired by a medical centre recently, but after they took all my confidential documents and invited me to training sessions too, suddenly without a reason they told we withdraw the offer!! So I criticized their hiring issue on google and they made a case against me for that, although I just explained the incident and didn't mention names or bad words or anything. Now, I don't know what to do and totally lost as I didn't know if I wrote my experience which was very unfair and harming for me so I can be sued for it... Please help!

Q: My husband got a better offer from a new company so he resigned from the current job. Everything was ok, but now after sanctioning work permit & e-visa, they refused further proceedings. They said that they don't want a new employee. We are in dilemma, what to do next? Is there any legal action to take against the company?

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).