Q: Kindly advise if the company is obliged to pay to the employee the cost of air ticket back to home country upon his resignation.

Q: Sir My unlimited employment contract is with a company in JAFZA with benefits on family status. As the company intends to shut down and shift outside JAFZA, my services have been terminated. Will I be entitled to an air ticket for the self & family? And will it be only a one-way ticket or it will be a return ticket?

Q: I completed 3 years, so I am eligible to get my ticket to go back to my hometown because I resigned already and the owner of our company said that you used your company ticket 2 months before. So now I'm not eligible to get a ticket. Is that true?

Q: I am a New Zealand citizen, hired by Dubai based company to work for an assignment in Erbil. I started work in Dec 2019. I had to travel back to India in early Feb 2020 since my mother was not well. I returned back to Erbil on 3 March. I was told that my services are not required and it is terminated. During my working period, I did not get any written notice from the Dubai based company or the client. Now the company refuses to pay: a) My return ticket. b) My stay in Erbil due to Corona Virus lockdown. Can you please let me know how I should proceed. Regards,

Q: Good Morning I have one doubt with regard to payment of air ticket charges. The employee has worked for 3 years and now he has resigned and he is not leaving Dubai. But he is working for some other company in Dubai. Do we need to pay flight charges for the employee? Does any law say that?

س: السلام عليكم، هل يحق للعامل تذكرة طيران سنوية عند أخذ إجازة؟ وهل يجب تقديم استقالة؟

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, I have been working in a company for the past 5 years and 8 months. I have recently resigned and wish to return to my home country. However, my employer is refusing to provide me with an air ticket, stating that I resigned and am not entitled to a ticket back to my country. I require a legal opinion on this matter.

Q: Hi, Our resigned employee filed a labor complaint in MOHRE to claim unused air tickets amount. As it was not amicably settled, labor transferred the same to the court. But till now we didn't get any intimation from the court as maybe the employee didn't register the complaint. So what will be the next step taken by the company? If we transfer the gratuity amount to the employee's account, then can he approach the court again regarding the unused air ticket claim? Please advise.

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).