Q: Termination without Notice Period I'm working in a company for over 7 months, and my probation period is finished. I have an unlimited contract. In my offer letter and also in my contract, there is a 3 months notice period but they suddenly terminated me without any reason. Should I get 3 months salary if go for legal action? Could you please explain the procedure to move legally? And how much time will it take for the legal action and get the benefits?

Q: Dear Madam, I have an unlimited contract with the employer and I have not completed the 6-month probation period. The company gave me a termination letter without any warning letter before. 1. If I get a job in some other company, will I get a labour ban or not? Some people told me even if you have an unlimited contract, but your company terminated you under probation period. I must have completed 1 year to avoid the ban. Please advise me, what do I do? 2. The company gave me termination letter one day before my completion of the 6-month probation period. My question is that I joined the company on 27 August 2017 and the company gave me the termination letter on 26 February 2018, but if I count the days then it is 184 days, while 6 month means 180 days. Please advise? 3. If 184 days are considered 6 months what are my rights? Can I demand the company to pay my settlement, air tickets and half year leave salary... etc? The HR told me that under probation, the company do not pay me any benefits like back home tickets, gratuity...etc.

Q: I was terminated from my job without any notice from my employer, and they are still holding my visa cancellation.

Q: I had signed a job offer letter (internal contract) from one employer in Abu Dhabi on 8 Oct 2019 and I joined the same day. On 24 Oct 2019, I got a telephone call from the employer saying that they had terminated me without proper reason. When I am asking for my due salary, they are not responding. I have declined some of the job opportunities while I was working with them. I would like to file a complaint against them for my due salary with compensation for the loses they made in my career. Is the internal job offer letter legally valid in Abu Dhabi? Kindly note that I don't have a work permit and I worked with them from 08 Oct 2019 to 24th Oct 2019. Kindly advise

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, Can a company terminate any employee during the probation period without any valid reason? It happened to me; they don't have any valid reason but still state that we have the right to terminate you without any valid or non-valid reason. Is it really true? Please answer!

An interview-format article covering the topic of employment contracts in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW. Ludmila discusses the aspects of limited and unlimited contracts, like the end of service, notice, arbitrary dismissal...etc.

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 UAE government introduced the new Unemployment Insurance Law under the Federal Decree-Law No. 13 of 2022 Concerning the Unemployment Insurance Scheme for Unemployed People. The law aims at providing a sort of financial support in case of unemployment for a brief period, probably to help employees who got terminated find another job and avoid failing in other financial obligations.

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).