Eligibility of unused annual air ticket after resignation

Dear Questioner,

Article 131 of the UAE Labor Law which lays down the legal position of the annual ticket is mentioned below:

"Expenses for repatriation of an employee to his place of origin or any other place agreed upon by both parties shall be borne by the employer. If the employee after the end of his contract takes up employment somewhere else, repatriation expenses upon termination of his service shall be paid by the last employer subject to the provisions in the preceding clauses, and if the employer has failed to repatriate the employee and has not paid the repatriation expenses, the competent authorities shall do this at the employer’s expense by way of attachment. If the cause for termination of the contract is attributed to the employee, his repatriation will be arranged at his own expense if he has the mean to pay."

Please note that the air ticket is not a right of the employee. However, there is a time when the employee is eligible for that. When the employer is terminating the employment the employee is eligible for air ticket.

Apart from the above, if anything is mentioned in the contract which is beneficial to the employee will be applicable.

Hope the above explanation is satisfactory. Please feel free to contact me if you need any further information on the above.

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Rajasree Ravivarma

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