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: My company is based in Abu Dhabi and some of our employees in Dubai were terminated last year (September, October, November 2018). We employees approached MOHRE and out of 4 times, only 2 times the company PRO attended. And since the company was unwilling to settle the EOSB or even salaries, the matter was transferred to the court. Since May, salaries were not paid to employees. For the first 2-3 persons, the court had released a judgement and no appeal was done by the company. And even after the execution stage, the company is unwilling to pay money to those employees. To certain employees, the company started sending lawyers and delayed hearings and appealed twice thus delaying things. One employee's health condition was not good and he submitted medically unfit documents to the court but nothing happened till date. The company has a branch in Dubai and these employees are under Dubai. How can the money be collected?

Q: I filed a civil case 2 and half years ago and we had a settlement in court. The person issued new cheques for payment but now all his cheques bounced and there is no more intention to pay. I went back to the court and they told me to proceed with the execution. The amount is only 40k and the person just paid 8k since 2016. I haven't collected my money yet and now I have to undergo again a process in the court and I'm just afraid that I will pay court fees again and it will not be guaranteed that I will be able to collect the money. Please advise.

Q: My case status is "set for judgment". What does it mean? I have a labor case in Dubai court. My employer didn't attend a single hearing!

Q: I have filed a labor case against my employer almost 1 and a half years ago, they are extremely shameless people they didn't pay my final settlement. I'm in the final stage where the employee can apply for an arrest warrant against the manager as per the trade license. I have applied 2 times for an arrest warrant but the court is rejecting my request without giving any reason. If this is my right, then what can be the reason for these 2 rejections? Please help me with any solution.

Q: I have a labour case with my company for non-payment of settlement and pending salaries in the appeal court. The judgement came in my favour. What is the next step after the judgement of a labour case in appeal court?

Q: I opened execution last week in the enforcement form which I signed and the same enforcement claimed to show in my online judicial account under my case number in the Abu Dhabi Judicial app. I believe that these are registered already to start enforcement after the timeframe finishes. Enforcement claims are as follows: 1. Seizing the trade license 2. Seizing accounts 3. Seizing cars Furthermore, I saw the notification from the court to the company that gave it 7 days to make the payment, but the 7 days were completed recently and the company has not paid yet. Kindly advise on any further steps from my side. Will the court start the enforcement measures from their side? When I opened execution, the above enforcement claim was included already. Waiting for your kind response, please.

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