Q: When I resign, my company will give me a written agreement to pay me on a monthly basis until paid up. My concern is that what grounds will I have to stand on should they fail to honour their agreement and I am not in the UAE anymore. I am at the age where alternative employment is difficult if not impossible here or back home. Their promise is all I will have to survive on should I leave. The company owes me outstanding salary since last year and together with the gratuity is in excess of 300,000. I know they will offer to pay me monthly instalments of 8000/month. Should I register a case with the Labour Department although they will give me a written agreement and before they cancel my Labour Card? Thank you kindly.

Q: My wife and her colleague's claims against their employer are not given despite begging them repeatedly. There are like about 3 1/2 months of pending salary plus gratuity. They are now about to move to a new employer. How long will the process be if they finally activate a case against them? Will the process be shortened if we hire a lawyer?

Q: I submitted my resignation and served my one-month notice. My company asked me to sign the cancellation papers, however, mentioned that they cannot pay End of Service Benefits now and that they will pay in future. As I am going back to my country permanently, what is the best way to get my due payments? I heard raising a complaint and the due procedure take months to settle.

Q: Non-payment of end-of-service benefits. My husband left his company last mid-May 2019 and is now currently working at a new company (both companies are from Dubai). Up to this date, he still has not received his last pay & gratuity payment from the company he left in which he worked there for almost 5 years. Upon leaving the company also, he did not sign any letter on receipt of the final settlement. We have been constantly following up on when the last payment & gratuity will be settled. But the HR just keeps on saying to us that they are "waiting for funds, waiting for client payment...". This keeps going on for the past 4 months and not a single Dirham has been paid to my husband. We are just waiting in vain, & there is this worry that he won't ever receive his end of service benefits because of these reasons. Need some legal advice on how we can proceed and push his former employer to pay their dues.

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, I want to file a labor case against my former employer for the settlement of my pending salary. My complaint to the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) did not work out, so I have to move to court. Do all court hearings take place online? Will this case affect my current job, as I am now working for a new company?

With the introduction of the new procedures for obtaining a power of attorney (POA) remotely in the UAE, after it was mandatory to appear in person in front of the notary public as a global rule to ensure the identity and intention of the person requesting a POA, we put between your hands this brief guide for how you get it done.

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).