Q: Dear Sir, One of my friends did cash embezzlement in a company and he returned the full amount also but now the company filed a Tawafuq complaint. What will be the scenarios of the penalty? The passport is with the company and he got terminated. Their Tawafuq hearing is on Saturday. Please advise.

Q: Dear Madam, I am S. from India. I am working in a logistics company taking care of both Sales and Operation. Due to some unforeseen situation, I have used my customer's money which I was supposed to pay the company. Since it is a huge amount, I couldn't repay fully to my office and started giving AED 5000 every month as the customer paying the company. Now, our management came to know about that and suspended me. They're asking me to pay the balance full amount of AED 73,900 within 7 days, or else they will go for legal. What should I do now and I am not in a position to repay such a huge amount. What will happen if they go legally?

Q: Dear respected lawyers, A friend of mine, one of the accountants employed in a Company, has admitted to his Company of taking more than 300,000 AED over the past years by adjusting his net salary in the payroll file. The amount of adjustment is reflected in a hidden row in the payroll file. The payroll files he prepared were still approved by HR and accounting supervisors...etc. because they did not do a detailed review of individual payroll credits. The Company has now decided to do an investigation excluding him and came up with other amounts they claim he had also taken, but which he has refused. He is currently trying to negotiate with the Company to give him a chance to pay back the amount which is a valid claim while the Company is still considering whether to file a case in court or not. If the Company decides to file a case, what is the probable penalty he may face? Length of jail time and fines? While the Company is still considering, what can he do to avoid having the case filed in court?

Q: Dears Please note I am stuck in a cash embezzlement case with my company for 44k and I made a written confession about this and will return the amount. My cheque and passport are on hold with the company. One more colleague of mine is involved in this case and he confessed for 204,000. If he doesn't pay, will that affect my agreement? Can the company retract the agreement and case against me? I made some payments to the company and I have the proof of payments. Now the company wants to audit the amount. If there's any difference, they will ask me to sign a new contract which I don't want to because I have not taken that amount. If the other colleague who is involved also doesn't accept.the difference amount, what will be the scenario? Please advise

Q: My husband works in a semi-government company in Dubai. Due to certain suspicious activities, the company has started an internal audit and found some financial scam against his manager. Later on, his manager absconded. The company has terminated my husband giving the restructuring as a reason. Though till time there are no charges against my husband, the employer has taken his passport. The employer is saying as he is the witness and passport is with the company, as soon the police tell him to release the passport he will hand it over to us. He doesn't know how much time the police will take. It's been 3 months without salary (one-month suspension and 1 and a half month termination). Now, can the employer put any criminal charges against us after termination if we are going to file a case against him in the labor dept.? We have no idea whether the employer has done a police complaint or not. Please note we have already taken a police clearance certificate and went to the police station 2 times and found no criminal charges against him.

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 Law promulgates the Federal Penal Code (Criminal Law) of the United Arab Emirates. Crimes and chastisement punishments shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this Law and other penal codes.

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).

The provisions of this Federal Decree-Law No. (31) of 2021 Promulgating the Crimes and Penalties Law, known as the "New UAE Penal Code", governs criminal actions in the United Arab Emirates. The New Penal Code repeals the previous UAE Penal Code (Federal Law No. (3) of 1987 Promulgating the Penal Code).