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Q: Dear Sir/Ma'am
I need advice about what procedure I can follow in my situation.
For over a year I’ve been working at my company. My employer delays our salary, and when he gives it's only a partial amount, not a full month salary.
He always promises he'll give the balance on the next salary, but after that again he gives partial payment like 500, sometimes 1,000.
He hasn't given the salary for 2 months now, and yesterday Nov 11 2018, I asked for my balance salary from the previous month of Sept. and this month of Oct.
Instead of giving me, he said I'll not give the salary because there's no money. This is my boss' drama every time we ask for the salary.
Now I decided to stop work until I get paid. Any advice for me, because I don't want to continue working with his company.
Thank you

Nov 15, 2018
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Q: Sir.
I am working in a restaurant as a food supervisor.
I was working in a restaurant in Dubai, where I got an AED 5000 salary. A managing director of a restaurant in Abu Dhabi asked me to join his restaurant.
That time he offered me a salary of AED 7000, so I resigned from my job in the Dubai restaurant.
After I joined the Abu Dhabi restaurant, he mentioned in my labour contract AED 4500 salary only.
That time he said above AED 5000 salary I have to pay more amount for the insurance, and the remaining balance amount he will give cash or cheque. So, I signed the contract.
After that, he did not pay my salary properly. I was working around 11 months, but he paid only 6 months. In these 6 months, he also paid my basic salary only (in my contract, the basic salary is AED 3500 and other allowances are AED 1000, in total salary is AED 4500).
Now, he is saying that he's not going to pay because I bring losses to his business.
So please help me with this situation, Sir.

Dec 21, 2017
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Q: Hello,
What should I do if it has been two months but still I haven't received my December 2017 salary?
In addition, it seems like my company is not doing anything to pay my salary.
Kindly give me some advice about it, since I'm just new here in the UAE.

Mar 11, 2018
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1 available 1 • View allI Have Not Been Paid By My Employer For 3 Months, What Should I Do? 14
An interview-format article covering the topic of employment in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW. In this article, Ludmila informs readers what they should do and where they should go if they have not been paid by their employer.
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Laws & Regulations
3 available 3 • View allFederal Law No. (8) of 1980 Concerning the Regulation of Labor Relations 53
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.
Apr 20, 1980
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Ministerial Decree No. (765) of 2015 On Rules and Conditions for the Termination of Employment Relations 8
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.
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Federal Decree-Law No. (33) of 2021 On the Regulation of Labor Relations 34
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).
Sep 20, 2021
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