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8 available 8 • View allCan I swap my annual leaves for notice period?
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Q: Can I trade my annual leaves with notice period under unlimited contract?

Sep 16, 2017
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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
6460
Can the employer ask employees to take unused leave during the notice period?
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Q: The employer terminated my DMCC unlimited contract. I am currently serving my notice period.
Can the employer ask employees to take unused leave during the notice period?
Is it legal to force the employee?
Is there compensation for 3 months' remuneration in case of termination by the employer?

Oct 11, 2020
689
Forcing an employee to serve 6 months notice period


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Q: I have been working in Dubai as a manager in the facilities management industry for the last 16 years. Now I got a government job in the UAE and I submitted my resignation with one month notice period.
My employer refused to accept my resignation and asked me to provide 6 months notice period. My residence visa will expire 65 days from the date of my resignation.
I convinced my new employer to wait until my visa expiry. My current employer threatens me that he will file a case against me to delay my cancelation to stop joining a new company.
Kindly advise what I can do in this situation!



May 31, 2021
774
Non-renewal of limited contract and possibility to use the annual leave for the notice period
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Q: I am on a 2-year limited contract. I informed the company early that I will not be renewing my contract once it finishes.
Now, they are refraining to allow me to take my plotted leave. They said they are not allowing their employees to take leave during the notice period. Is this legal?
I cannot see any notice period in my contract. It only says to refer to the annex if I will terminate my contract early. Annex says just to pay 45 days of salary.
Does this mean there is no notice period for my contract?
Thanks.

Mar 18, 2022
591
Using the annual leave to cover the one-month notice period. Is it possible?

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Q: Good evening,
I have an unlimited contract, and I have received an offer letter from another company. However, my previous employer is holding up my resignation.
My next job is urgent, but my company does not want to let me go. They said that I need to render a one-month notice. I plan to tell them that I will use my two years' annual leave to cover the one-month notice period.
I do not know what to do.
I need to start immediately at my new company, but my previous company does not want to let me go. I will complete my two years and am entitled to take a vacation, but I need to resign urgently.


Aug 7, 2023
270
Can an employer deny annual leave pay because it falls in the notice month?

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Q: Dear Sir/Madam,
My notice period falls in the 12th month of my second year of service. So, they have to pay me my annual leave salary, and the same month will be my notice month as I will be resigning.
Can they reject paying for annual leave because it falls in the notice month, and they will need me to work during that month for handover?


Dec 18, 2023
425
Can the employer force me to take my unused leave days during my notice period?

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Q: I was terminated on 6 Dec, and placed on gardening leave from 13th Dec. I have 18 days of unused leave and my employer is telling me to take the leave during the gardening period.
He does not want to pay for unused leave. Has offered 9 days. What are my rights?
If I file a case with MOHRE, what happens after 6 Feb, potentially my last day of the gardening leave?
Can they cancel my visa if we are still in dispute?
Do they have to continue to pay me?


Jan 7, 2025
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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.
Sep 10, 2024
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Laws & Regulations
3 available 3 • View allFederal Law No. (8) of 1980 Concerning the Regulation of Labor Relations 53
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.
Apr 20, 1980
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Ministerial Decree No. (765) of 2015 On Rules and Conditions for the Termination of Employment Relations 8
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.
Sep 27, 2015
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Federal Decree-Law No. (33) of 2021 On the Regulation of Labor Relations 34
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).
Sep 20, 2021
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Hello,
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.
I have official sick leave from another country and there is correspondence where my employer sent me to another country for treatment.
The problem is that the employer says that he will take compensation for the training that was specified in the contract, but I did not undergo training at all; I immediately started work from the first day of work and there was no training.
Does my employer have the right to charge me such a fee and not pay my salary?
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How to make the seller hand over the tenant's security deposit to the buyer upon completing a sale? 0
Should the seller in Dubai hand over their tenant's security deposit to the buyer upon completing a sale?
Who is responsible for managing this process?
At the time of the exchange, the broker said he would follow up with the seller and collect the deposit.
He hasn’t, and the seller has not handed over the deposit.
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How to deal with in-laws provoking and recording reactions? 0
Dear Sir/Madam,
My husband's family constantly provokes me and then records my every exaggerated reaction.
Now I'm worried that they might use those things against me.
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How to cancel the MoU to buy an apartment with the broker if the bank did not approve the loan? 0
Hi,
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.
I am on a very tight timeline as I need to vacate my apartment in 3 weeks, I found another unit but I don't know if I can pursue this while the initial MoU still not canceled.
Please, I need advice.
Feb 8, 2024
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Employer asking for visa reimbursement after resignation: do I need to pay? 0
Hello Sir/Madam,
I have already finished my first year with my company and resigned.
My employer is asking me to reimburse the cost of my visa because I did not finish my two-year contract.
Do I need to pay? The cost is 7,000 AED.
Oct 20, 2023
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