Q: Good day, I am Jofery. I had a case in the court against my employer for not paying my salary for six months. The court has issued a judgment in my favour, but my employer is not paying my money. I have notified him three times through the newspaper, but still, no response from his side. Please assist me what should I do now? Is there any other legal way to take action against him?

Q: A labour case was ruled in my favour and I received the judgement at the end of 2016. The judgement progressed to execution and not One Dirham has been paid by my ex-employer to date. We have spent the last year searching assets in all banks, combined with real estate, RTA etc. and all have come back with no assets. An attachment was made on the office assets, shortly after the Rental Dispute Committee issued a Judgement awarding the office assets to the Landlord. Finally, we located a valid Bank Guarantee held with a Government Authority. But the entity is not cooperating. As per Federal Law No. 8 for 1980 On Regulation of Labour Relations, Article 4 gives priority over all assets. However, in this scenario, Federal Labour Law, Dubai Real Estate Laws and further laws are all overlapping and conflicting. My query is, is there a document or law that states which law has priority over another to help resolve the issues I am facing with the judgement execution?

Q: Hello. I used to work in Dubai. My company did not pay me my salary for 8 months, so I filed a case at the court. In the meantime, the company started a case at the prosecution that I sold material and stole money. Also, the company now is closed with many bounced checks. I left to work in Canada and I do not know the status of my cases. I heard that the court awarded me 200K for my labour case but I am afraid to go to Dubai to check and I am unable to do so online. I need a lawyer to represent me in the 2 cases. The owners of the company are Lebanese and they left the country. Can we execute in Lebanon?

Q: I got a judgement to pay my dues in 2009 from Dubai court but still did not get my dues.  I have been to Dubai last month, and the court said to open the case again through a typing centre and you will get the payment. I've spent too much money on publishing in the newspaper and another related court procedures and I have all the evidence. Can you please help me to recover this money and I will pay your fees from the amount received? I'm in Kuwait recently. My WhatsApp number is 00971582957430

Q: Dear advocates, I, the plaintiff, won a legal case against my employer. I am the employee. The judgment date was Feb 7, 2021. I wrote an email to my employer 10 days before attaching the court order asking for payment as per the court order, but there is no response from the employer to date. Can you advise me regarding further actions to be taken by me to get the money from my employer as per the court order? Also please advise about the overstay fines if any, as my visa expired well before the judgment date. As I am jobless for more than 10 months now, I am suffering much, and I want to go back to my home country at the earliest after collecting the money from my employer. Kindly advise me about the possible remedies. Regards,

Q: Hello Sir, The court gave an execution order to my ex-employer to pay my dues within 15 days. On the last day of the execution notice, the employer deposited a part of my settlement payment. Please advise whether I should accept it or continue with the execution process.

Q: Greetings Sir, I have filed in claims complaint against my employer who has refused to pay my annual leave, 1 year and 5 months of working services including calculated overtime working for 12 hours every day and for depriving me of my 4 weekly off days every month. Due to the level of racism and deprivation of employees' legal rights, I made a complaint to the ministry of human resources and Emiratization after my employer failed to accept and sign the resignation notice letter given to him. After serving a notice period of 1 month the complaint was approved by the ministry for contract termination through Immigration. So he was contacted to pay me my benefits for the period of service rendered including my leave payment, but he refused so the case was filed in court. I want to know my stance on winning. It's a private company.

Q: Good afternoon I had filed a case against my previous employer, for the non-payment of salaries. The total amount was 10500 and I have received 7200. There is no further update on the case, so I went to the Dubai court in Al-Awir. They said you would receive it but nothing. It's been over 6 months. What should I do? Please guide me

Q: Hello, I received part of the payment from the financial claim I made against my employer before the final decision was issued. Now I have opened the execution file. Do I need to submit any letter to the court for this?

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.

The law promulgates UAE Civil Procedures Code (Civil Procedure Law) which governs civil procedures in the United Arab Emirates, including the prosecution before the courts, litigation and execution.

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).