Q: Is it possible to terminate a 2-year-contract after one year due to low performance? The contract states that only reasons stated in article 120 Labor Law apply.

Q: Dear Sir/Madam I am a Relationship Manager In a bank in Dubai. My employer has terminated my services (discontinuation of services) with reason as unsatisfactory performance during 2017. They have given me 30 days' notice period and have mentioned in the letter that I am exempted from attending office during the notice period. I seek your valuable advice, can I claim 3 months' full salary for my such termination where it was done all of sudden without alerting me with warning letters. Also if you can advise me how to file a case against the employer in order to claim 3 months' salary. Thanks and regards

Q: What is the correct procedure for an employer to terminate an employee who holds an unlimited contract? How many warning letters? Max and Min time between these letters? The content of the warning/termination letter?

Q: Hi, I am working on a 2-year limited contract in an LLC company, Abu Dhabi as a vehicle sales executive. Now I have completed nineteen months in this company and my employer has given me a warning letter based on performance. My question is: can the employer terminate me before the contract expiry? and if he terminates me based on performance, do I get three months' salary and get a labor ban in this case? I hold a bachelor's degree.

Q: Hello, My employer has said they will terminate me due to me voicing out my concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic as I found them following unsafe hygiene practices. I finish my probation on the 8th of April 2020, but they haven't given me any letters stating so but want me to start serving the notice period. What are my rights here?

Q: Hi sir, I am a Muslim guy working in a company in the UAE as a customer service representative. They deployed me to airport terminal 1. We are doing customer service there today. One of our managers just come very close to my face and took a picture while I was working in the arrival area of terminal 1, then he spoke to me very rudely and told me that he will give me a warning letter because I have a beard. My beard is just a small beard; it's a trimmed beard as Muslim without any design on the beard. I feel so bad about this. I don't know what I can do about this.

Q: Hey, I'm working in a call center job. The employer found a case of ignoring calls. I have no warning letter before, and now they terminated me immediately without any warning. Is this legal?

Q: Good afternoon, I'm an employee with my company for 4 years with an unlimited contract. I have just renewed my visa last month but yesterday I received a termination letter from my company stating that based on my performance and 2 warning letters on the 6th of October and 21st of November. I received a warning letter on the 6th of October but I didn't sign and replied with justification and on the 21st of November I didn't receive any letter. Please advise, should I sign the letter, and can this be considered an unfair dismissal?

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).