Q: Hi, My Name is K. and I've been working in a company registered in Sharjah since last 2 years. Recently, our employer has set a trend of delaying salaries and now it’s been 6 months accumulated due. However, the employer releases one salary whenever the client is paying the company. In this due course, my visa is overdue for renewal. I have notified the employer and he promised to renew the visa in a week. What should a person do if the visa renewal process on a committed day is not begun and the 6 months' salary is still overdue? Who will be liable to pay fines for the delay in renewal if occurred? If the WPS is not regularized by the employer, will the visa get renewed? This is getting really more stressful day by day since there is no proper roadmap of paying the overdue by the employer. Awaiting your guidance and information Regards, K.

Q: Asalamu Alaikum. I filed a case on my company in Tasheel Ras Al Khor. My company didn't give me the first two months' salary and they set me in a room, then I filed a case. I claim a total amount of AED 14000 with a settlement and everything. I want to know how much time it will take my complete case. Please tell me. There are 7 months remaining in my visa, and I filed a case in Dubai Court on 25 February 2019.

Q: My wife and her colleague's claims against their employer are not given despite begging them repeatedly. There are like about 3 1/2 months of pending salary plus gratuity. They are now about to move to a new employer. How long will the process be if they finally activate a case against them? Will the process be shortened if we hire a lawyer?

Q: The landlord has filed a case against me for not paying the shop rent. I notified the owner when I sold the shop in Feb 2022 and the POA was given to the new owner but he took my EID in the contract for renewal. He said it was just for one month and after that, the new owner would cancel the contract because he didn’t have EID for renewal. I requested NOC several times from the landlord but they didn’t give it to me. My contract in which he took my signature expired on 16 March 23 and all the cheques were paid, and the payment was done by a third party too till Sept 24. From March 23 till Sept 24, I didn’t make any agreement with the landlord. Also, the trade license expired in Dec 2023 and was not renewed. I have no idea how the landlord collected cheques till Sept 2024 without a contract, and he doesn’t have any copy of the contract with him. Now he filed a case against me with old documents instead of the new owner's name in the case. It is sold to 3 people after me. My question here is, am I liable to pay the rent and fines?

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.

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 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).