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Claiming rights upon termination without any reason
Is it okay not to sign the termination letter given by the employer as a part of redundancy without any specific reason or prior notification?
Also, can I demand 3 months salary as compensation?
Dear Questioner,
From your message, I understand that you have been terminated by the company as a part of redundancy without any prior written notice.
This is the reason why you did sign the termination letter provided by the company.
If this is the case, yes, this is arbitrary dismissal and based on the Labour Law you are entitled to a maximum of 3 months salary.
Before approaching the court (in the court you will have to pay lawyers fee, court fee, expenses for the Arabic translation of documents), I suggest to serve your former employer with a legal notice requesting the 3 months salary and other compensation if they did not provide it to you (end of service gratuity, salary, bonuses, unused vacation...etc).
In case he did not reply to the legal notice, we can start the court case against the company.
If you wish to proceed, please feel free to contact me at my email.
Regards,
Raluca Gatina
