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9 available 9 • View allWhat to do if you have pending labour case and your visa is over?
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Q: Good day,
After completing 1.6 yrs work I was terminated from the company (the reason is low performance as per company opinion). I was terminated without any notice period.
I filed a case in Labour Department for non-payment of the end of service gratuity and all benefits. A company representative didn't come to the Labour Department after 48 hrs and is still refusing to pay the full amount.
Then I filed a case in the court, then I was sent from the court to a typing center service. In typing center they typed something and told me to come back after 10 days. In the meantime, I have only 7 days left to exit the country as per my visa cancellation.
How and where will I check for my overstaying in Dubai due to this case I open in the court and typing center told me to come back after 10 days?
Thanks

Sep 28, 2017
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Employer's refusal to pay end of service benefits

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Q: Good Morning!
I'm writing to you in hopes of any help you can give me. I'm a single mom and sole provider of my family back home. Last Feb 15, 2017 I was terminated. Now, my former employer is blackmailing me for them not to pay me any of my end of service benefits.
I have not received any end of service benefits and they are not being cooperative and they are threatening me with police prosecution. I am begging for any help you can extend. Even legal advice on my situation will be dearly appreciated. Please. I need help. I am appealing to anyone in your office to please help.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.


May 17, 2017
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Is it legal for the employer to keep the employee's passport?
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Q: Is it legal to hold the passport of the employee by a company?
I didn't get my passport back after stamping visa, they gave me just a copy of passport with the visa page.
My PRO told me that all passports should stay with the company and I can receive it back to travel only upon approval of the management.
He explained that this is the company policy and common practice.

Feb 23, 2016
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Can the employer refuse to give the employee his passport?
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Q: Good day Sir,
Please, I would like to know if it is legal for an employer to hold his employee's educational certificates and passport after frequent requests by the employee to return his documents?
This has cost me a lot of loss in terms of time and money while doing online courses.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks

Nov 2, 2017
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Retrieving the passport while a labor case is running
0
Q: Sir,
I want to go back my country.
I have a case in the labour court for retrieving my passport, original degree and salary. But I can't wait.

Sep 18, 2017
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استرجاع جواز السفر من صاحب العمل خلال قضية عمالية
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س: السلام عليكم ورحمه الله وبركاته
لقد رفعت قضية عمالية (عمالي كلي) وتم الحكم لصالحي، ونحن الآن في شهر مهلة الاستئناف. وبعد مرور الشهر وكلا الطرفين لم يستأنفا، يفتح ملف تنفيذ.
السؤال، هل يجوز طلب جواز سفري من الشركة والاحتفاظ به لدي؟
شكراً وجزاكم الله كل خير

Apr 14, 2019
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How to cancel visa and remove overstay fines after getting labour judgment?

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Q: Hi,
I had a labor case and the judgment came. The company has to pay my dues. My issue is that I have overstayed for the last 3 months.
I filed the execution already in order to get my dues from the company. I requested my company to cancel my visa. But they are not canceling me.
What can I do in such a situation like this?
Is it possible to cancel my visa by myself?
If yes, do I need to pay the overstay fine?
Is there any possibility to avoid the fine?


Jun 8, 2021
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Labor rights of an employee when the employer refuses to hand passport
0
Q: Hi Sir
I was canceled by my employer but he refused to hand over my passport. He doesn't want me to change my status and I don't know the reason.
He canceled the visa without my knowledge and he sent me the cancellation paper on the 10th day of my grace period for which he knew I only have 28 days.
I asked him to give me my passport because I have to renew it before I can apply for a new visa or change my status, it states that a passport should be more than 6 months before a UAE visa can be issued.
He, later on, put on absconding that I ran away but it's false.
I also lost my wallet phrase which I wrote and hid inside the cover case of my passport and about $37,000 worth of crypto has gone missing because I can't find the trust wallet phrase to recover my crypto.
They want to give me the passport but that cover case is missing, can I file a case for compensation for putting false absconding and unlawful holding of my passport and know the whereabouts of the passport cover case?
Thank you
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مصادرة صاحب السكن لجواز المستأجر باعتباره ضمانًا


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س: السلام عليكم،
صاحب السكن أخد مني جواز سفري كضمان ولا يريد أن يرجعه لي.
مع العلم أنه لم يبرم معي عقد إيجار. ماذا أفعل؟ وما عقوبة حجز الجواز؟
وشكرًا!



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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.
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