Q: What is maximum compensation for employment contract for 5 years but where after 1st year the original owner divested of the business but never gave a termination notice to staff?

Q: Hi Ma'am, I have worked for a company almost 12 years as an accounts manager, and the company decided now to outsource a finance team. The outsourced company offered me a job and they will give me the same package, but I will be working in this company only for 3 months then I will be sent to other clients as well. This is an Indian outsourced company and I have taken a decision that I am not willing to work with an outsourced company which is unknown to me. I am working as per JAFZA visa for 12 years. The company gave me a letter with subject stating the cancellation of the contract and I will be served for 30 days notice period. So, can you please explain to me how I will go through in this situation and what benefits will I get as per JAFZA rules and regulations? Thanking you in advance for the help and I wait for your reply in this.

Q: Hi Sir, I have been working in a company since Jan of 2015. On the 2nd quarter of 2017, the company was sold. All employees remained. So, we are still with the company but with new owners. This year, they changed the name of the company. Our contracts here expired last December. We are now waiting for our new contracts to be signed. It's taking awhile. Today, I was asked to sign a job offer dated Jan 2018. I am on husband visa. Isn't a job offer only for new employees? I am not new, we only have a new owner and a new company name. If I sign this job offer, does it mean I am a new employee and not an old employee who started in 2015? Hope you can help me. And is this a new requirement in Dubai? Even for those who are already on husband visa? Thank you.

Q: I was working with a company since 02 August 2007. In November 2016 onwards, there was a new management who took over the department which I was working. So I was asked to give all the support to the new management. But again, in July 2018, due to some management issue, the old management came into power and they terminated all the staff who have been newly appointed by the new management and asked me also to resign or they will terminate me too. On 26 July 2018, I gave resignation and asked the management to give me a one month time to finish and hand over all my work to a new person. They agreed on 26 July that my final day will be 19 August 2018. On Sunday, 29 July 2018, when I came to office, I found my office closed and my pc removed. I checked with the other legal person at the company and he informed me that as per the chairman, I should leave the company immediately and they will take care of the pending work themselves. Till now, they have not paid my July salary nor cancelled my visa and settled my EOSB.

Q: Labor Case I have not been paid 4+ months in salaries of 40,500. I have served in the company 5.8+ years to date. I am due to pending salaries, leave salaries for 51 days, gratuity and a personal balance of 54,000. My present company has been sold to another company and I have been requested to continue my job at a lower salary and demoted from my current position of General Manager which are terms of arbitrary termination. I have refused to sign stating I will not do so until my pending salaries and dues are settled. They have not terminated me nor have I resigned from my current position as I believe they are not legally authorized too. They have not transferred the TL to their names yet. However, they are sitting in our office and making transactions on behalf of the company and operating the bank accounts. The previous owner is unreachable both by email and phone. As per the above, what are my options to claim?

Q: Hi, My company decided to sell it to a different owner, they said it's up to us if we want to stay on our job. If we choose to stay, they will cancel our visa and the new owner will process a new visa but we will pay all the expenses for processing a visa, Emirates ID and medical...etc. So I volunteered not to continue working with them. I have been with the company for 7 months. They give us a notice a month ago. Am I capable to get compensation from our previous company? Please let me know, as I'll be jobless soon. Hoping for your kind advice so I know my rights.

Q: In Jan 2019, a part-owner joined our company. My gratuity was paid and I received a new appointment letter, mentioning that I'm continuing with the new management with a lower salary and a 6 months probationary period. But, my labour contract with JAFZA was not cancelled. On my 6th month (182nd day), I received the non-confirmation letter through email. They said that they will give an extension of 1 one month, but I have to request. I did request through email then they replied that the same was treated as my resignation. On my LWD (7th months), my manager told me to continue, so I thought I was going to be retained. But after a week, she sent me an email stating that the company just gave me 1 more month and that they have to discontinue my services due to the change in our department. Hence, I worked for another 1 month. Can I claim arbitrary dismissal in this case? Also, since the previous owner paid the gratuity and leave salary only up to Jan 2019, can I also claim for same from Jan 2019 up to my LWD?

Q: Dear sir/madam, In case a company gets absorbed by another company and the employees are asked to sign a new contract, do they have the right to ask for the end of service?

Q: I am yet to join an organization that has been in existence in the UAE since 1996. However, they were hard hit during Covid 19. The owner was sick for some time & during this period, there were funds that were embezzled & some executives ended up fleeing the country, leaving employees unpaid & the company barely running. There are investors who want to inject funds into the company at the moment (buy 75% of shares) currently & revive operations. We are currently working on resolving issues with WPS, renewing the Trade License & registering the new investors to the new commercial license. The bone of contention is that there are employees who worked with this company for over 30 years & want to leave but there are unavailable funds to cover their EOS. Kindly advise how we should go about it. Can we negotiate EOS pay?

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