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Q: Recently, there was a change in the management of our company and my new manager didn't like the way I look. He told me about it and warned me that next time I will be fined.
After a week or so, I received a notice that I'm fined of AED 500 for the unprofessional appearance.
I work for the company for a long time and I've never had such a kind of complaints before. I believe that my appearance is appropriate.
Moreover, there is no strict dress code in our company and I've never seen and never signed any papers in this regard.
Does my manager have the right to decide how I look? Is this penalty legal? Do they have the right to deduct it from my salary?

Mar 2, 2016
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Labor rights for the annual leave

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Q: My employer does not want to give me the annual leave and when I took one week off to go back to my home country since my mother passed away, he deducted the same from my salary and refused to give it to me.
I have been working for one year and 7 months with the same employer, I think I am entitled to more than one month. What can I do?


Apr 27, 2016
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Acting against an illegal deduction of salary by the employer
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Q: An employer portrays the employee to be at fault for a financial loss, stating it is his liability and responsibility, when neither in the contract nor in any written communication this is stated, and when the fault has been with a different department and with the management.
Can the employee respond and defend their remuneration from being deducted?
Is this considered as grounds for the employee to file a case on the employer misconduct?
What might be the approximate timeline for such a case to be resolved?
(The employee has written documents that help make their case)

Nov 3, 2018
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Statutory salary deductions and company specific deductions
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Q: I am aware that statutory deductions happen in the UAE. Are there any specific company deductions?

Mar 15, 2019
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Issuing a warning letter to an employee because of his beard
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Q: Hi sir,
I am a Muslim guy working in a company in the UAE as a customer service representative. They deployed me to airport terminal 1. We are doing customer service there today.
One of our managers just come very close to my face and took a picture while I was working in the arrival area of terminal 1, then he spoke to me very rudely and told me that he will give me a warning letter because I have a beard.
My beard is just a small beard; it's a trimmed beard as Muslim without any design on the beard. I feel so bad about this. I don't know what I can do about this.

Nov 21, 2019
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What are the labor dues in case of disciplinary termination?

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Q: Hi,
The company sent me a termination email for this reason:
"This decision has been made following a disciplinary investigation into your unauthorized absence from work starting from June 22, 2023. As a vital member of the crucial product delivery team, your WFH request during this period was not approved. Despite offering you alternative leave dates, you declined."
So now, the company is saying that they are not paying my notice period amount, and also they are asking me for visa cancellation fees. I have worked for 10 months in this company.
I have a few questions now:
1. In the case of disciplinary termination, are they liable to pay the notice period amount or not?
2. Do I have to pay the visa cancellation fees?


Jul 6, 2023
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Maximum salary deduction for disciplinary fines or violations in UAE?

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Q: Dear Sir/Madam,
What is the maximum percentage of salary that an employer can deduct for disciplinary fines or violations committed by an employee?


Sep 7, 2023
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My employer fired me under Article 44 for not showing up for work for 7 days in a row. But that’s not the case at all. I was sick and the management was aware and they let me go.
I went to another country to get treatment because it’s expensive in Dubai. My employer did not pay me my salary for the month I worked and fired me.
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I have a situation where I signed an MoU and gave my security deposit to the seller's agent. However later, the bank valuation of the property is lower than the selling price.
On my MoU, it has a clause that “the buyer has a right to cancel/negotiate if the bank valuation is not the same as MoU.” I tried to negotiate, however, we didn't agree on the price so I asked to cancel.
Now the agent is threatening me that they will not cancel the MoU and that will deposit my cheque. Later I also came to know that the person I am dealing with is not the same person whose name is mentioned as a broker in the MoU.
The agent I am dealing with is constantly messaging me with threats. I decided not to speak to him and instead, I wrote an email to the broker whose name is mentioned on the MoU but received no response.
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Do I need to pay? The cost is 7,000 AED.
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