Q: Good day, I am working for an LLC company in Sharjah for the past 4 years under a limited contract in mechanical engineering. I am noticing the salary deductions every month for my team for the less sales figures and deduction from settlements for visa cancellations. 1) Can the employer deduct visa charges and dispute payments from the clients from employee settlement? 2) Can I register a complaint against this and how far it will be favorable on my side (real rime frame and expenses)? Since my employer is financially strong and legally sound in the UAE, the company is taking wrong actions likely salary deductions for less sales figures, deduction in settlements and leave salaries during the end of the contract and imposing competitor clause by altering the documents during the renewal. Kindly advise legally.

Q: Hi I'm resigning from my current company. But I'm worried because there has been an incident regarding a payment from a customer some months ago. The company is a leasing company. The incident involves a tenant who is working under a company that pays for his housing provided that all necessary docs are submitted to them. One of the docs needed is Tawtheeq or the documented tenancy contract in AUH which has some errors/differences from his last year's Tawtheeq. Due to that, the tenant's company refuses to pay our company the rent which is around 35000. My company is blaming me for this and they said that I should pay for the loss. The tenant paid from his own pocket 20,000. So there is a difference of 15000. Can they claim from me this amount once I resign? Will I be obliged to pay it before they can cancel me? Or have any grounds on filing a complaint against me? What are the legal bearings of this if any? I'm under Unlimited Contract started 10/01/21. It's my 1st contract with them but it is my 2nd job in the UAE.

Q: An employee is working as a salesperson in a company, where he collects the cash/cheques from the customers. Is he responsible for the outstanding amounts from the customers who are not paying/escaped/not responding?

This article discusses the Ministerial Resolution No. (279) of 2020 Regarding Employment Stability in the Private Sector during the Period of Application of Precautionary Measures to Curb the Spread of the Novel Coronavirus Issued by the Minister of Human Resources and Emiratization in Abu Dhabi on 26/3/2020.

An interview-format article covering the topic of filing an employment court case in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW.

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).