Q: What is the correct procedure for an employer to terminate an employee who holds an unlimited contract? How many warning letters? Max and Min time between these letters? The content of the warning/termination letter?

Q: Is it legal for an employer to end a contract basically with the 2 months as per the labour law and not having solid reasons without going through the process of written warning in order to terminate an employee? Thank you.

Q: One of my employees requested 3 months annual leave, we granted 2 months. However, once he went on leave, he came back after 5 months. We gave him a show cause notice, he said he is not willing to give us a written explanation for his absence. How do I proceed with him now?

س: السلام عليكم، لدي عقد محدد المدة. في آخر يوم من العقد، أرسلوا لي رسالة خطية أنه لن يتم تجديد عقدي بدون أي إشعار مسبق. هل يوجد أي تعويض يجب دفعه لي؟

Three new ministerial decrees containing a new set of rules for the labour market were issued by the UAE Ministry of Labour last year and came into force on the 1st of January this year. The decrees are expected to alter the contractual relationship between employers and workers in the UAE.

An interview-format article covering the topic of employment termination without a valid reason in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW. Ludmila discusses the aspects of termination, like notice periods, end of service benefits, arbitrary dismissal, unpaid salaries etc.

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.

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.

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).