Q: Good evening Sir, I am H., working as Asst. Manager under an unlimited contract, and now I completed 4 years and 10 months at this company. I have resigned from the job effective 01.06.2019, and on a 30 days notice period. My boss instructed me to withdraw my resignation letter and give an apology letter, but I refused politely. Last week, they accepted my resignation and they instructed me to vacate the accommodation. On 16.06.2019, I vacated my company accommodation and handed over all the things that belong to my company. The facility of the motor car was revoked on May 30. My HR manager said (verbally) you can stop your duty, but he is not ready to send an official email. Still, every day I am going to the office by taxi. Now, they are forcing me to sign the cancellation paper. I asked about my gratuity but the HR manager is saying you have to sign cancellation paper letter we will process your gratuity. Sir, I am kindly requesting you to advise me on the procedure of how I can solve this issue in a professional way.

Q: I got a new job in Dubai and I resigned from my current company in Dubai. There is a salary delay of 3 months in my current company. I have a few questions to ask. 1. My company stopped processing my pending salaries once I resigned. As per them, all the pending salaries will be paid along with final settlement only. Is it legal? 2. If I am signing the end of service document to cancel my contract before getting the settlement, can I move legally later if they are delaying the final settlement further? Hope you answer soon. Thank you.

Q: Hi! My company has terminated me (with a few others) due to COVID-19. April 30th is my last day and I am relying on getting my gratuity to keep me afloat for a while as I look for a new job. However, my employer said that they will not release my EOS until they cancel my visa. Given the current situation, how can I go about this? How long can I stay after they cancel my visa? The UAE government recently announced that they will let people stay in the country until the end of the year due to the travel restrictions, does this apply to me as well?

Q: Hello Sir/ Ma’am, I'm working in a hospital in Dubai for 18 years and due to COVID-19, I was forced and released out of my work. All other formalities are done as usual and I have a new job offer, so I want to do the cancellation but the owner does not accept to cancel my visa. So please, can you advise? - Type of contract I signed - Unlimited - How long have you been working with the company? - 18 years completed - Do you have a university degree? - Yes

Q: I was MD of a company, however, I was made redundant back in Jan 2019, signed a settlement agreement with my employer. According to the settlement agreement, the employer had to cancel my visa before May 31, remove my name from the trade license and replace me with a new signatory for bank accounts. However, due to some reason, they couldn’t replace me, so they couldn’t cancel my visa at the end of May. After all, now in October, the employer has informed me that they are now ready to take over bank accounts to a new signatory and replace me on the trade license. In the meantime, as a sole signatory of the company, I signed all company documents until Sept. to make sure the company operates smoothly. But since my employer didn’t pay my annual home leave tickets and other benefits, I stopped signing company documents as of September. All in all, I don’t want to hand over bank accounts till they pay my benefits. If I delay the bank account handover process, will it cause any legal issues against me?

س: السلام عليكم، لم أتقاضى الراتب منذ ستة أشهر وأستلم بشكلٍ متقطع. سؤالي: في حالة إنهاء خدماتي، هل عليّ التوقيع على استلام الرسالة؟ أم عليّ الحصول على مستحقاتي قبل التوقيع؟ وبماذا تنصحني؟ وكيف أحصل على حقوقي؟ ومتى عليّ توكيل محامي ورفع الدعوى؟ الشكر والتقدير لكم!

Issue: An employee resigned from the job after working for 5 years, and signs a letter addressed to the employer that he wants his gratuity to be paid only after his customer pays the employer. Therefore, has the employer defaulted for End of Service (EOS) payment under the UAE Labour Law?

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