Q: My company is reducing my salary and some allowance and using ministerial resolution 279 to do this. If we do not agree we have been told we will be fired. Also, the company is only limiting impact due to COVID-19. Do I have any option but to accept?

Q: In the situation of the pandemic, my employer wants me to sign on reduced pay and calculating everything based on that like gratuity, unpaid leaves and notice period salary. What can I do? Also, how much will be the legal fees to fight a case?

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, Greetings! I am working in a fit-out company as a project coordinator. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, my company issued a letter stating that our salary is reduced by half. But the problem is that the company is showing a full salary in WPS and not issuing my salary cards. I requested them, not to do this, but in vain. I have bank loan payments and home rent pending. And unfortunately, I can't take any advantage of the UAE Government benefits in this crisis, because I don't have any salary slip to show I am getting half salary. I am very tense and afraid. Please advise me, how can I solve this problem? Thanks A. K.

Q: I'm a housemaid. My employer cancelled me yesterday and he said he will not give me half of my salary because he wants me to exit. Now I'm still here in their house waiting for them to give me my passport and cancellation paper. What should I do about my salary? Please reply

Q: Hello. My husband is a heavy truck driver in a transport company in Dubai, working in that company for the last 4 years. His boss (arbab) suddenly asked them to work on less salary of just AED 2500. My husband and his other 3-4 colleagues were not willing, so their boss started harassing them. He didn't pay their money, made them sit free at home for many months, neither was he canceling them. So they took legal help and filed a case against him in the labor court. In turn, that boss filed a criminal case against my husband and his colleagues, a false case that they have made a loss to his company by stealing and selling diesel illegally. He has got a confession letter signed by them by lying. he told them as papers for attending safety classes. He didn't allow them to see the papers. The papers were in English which they don't understand being not much educated. He has put a loss claim of approx.1 lakh dhs on each of the 4 persons. What are our chances in this situation?

س: تم إنهاء عقد عمل مُحدد المدة بعد فترة عمل لمدة عام ونصف، وذلك بسبب خصومات 50% من الراتب الشهري بدون موافقة كتابية مني، فتقدمت بإيميل رسمي لرفض الخصم ولكن لم يرد عليّ مدير الموارد البشرية فاضطررت للبحث عن عمل آخر. تقدمت بشكوى عمالية ثم أرسلت إيميل رسمي لمدير الموارد البشرية بعدم الرغبة في استكمال عقد العمل محدد المدة وذلك بسبب خصم 50% من الراتب بدون موافقة كتابية مني. السؤال الآن: كيف يتم احتساب بدل الأجازة السنوية عن تلك الفترة؟ هل لي مكافأة نهاية خدمة عن مدة خدمتي عام ونصف أم لا؟ هل يمكن للشركة أن تعطيني حرمان مع العمل إذ أنني أعمل طبيبة؟ احتسب مدير الموارد البشرية بالمستشفى إيملي بعد الرغبة في استكمال عقد العمل بسبب الخصومات باعتباره استقالة من جانبي وحسب المستحقات المالية كالتالي: - عدم احتساب مكافأة نهاية خدمة. - تم خصم 45 يوم من مستحقاتي المالية. ولذلك رفضت التسوية وقمت بإحالة دعوى للقضاء. ولكن سؤالي الأخير: هل القانون في صفي إذ أنني قدمت طلب بعدم الرغبة في استكمال عقد العمل بسبب إخلال صاحب العمل بالتزاماته التعاقدية وخصم 50% من الراتب بدون وجه حق وبدون موافقة كتابية؟

Q: Good day, I am working for an LLC company in Sharjah for the past 4 years under a limited contract in mechanical engineering. I am noticing the salary deductions every month for my team for the less sales figures and deduction from settlements for visa cancellations. 1) Can the employer deduct visa charges and dispute payments from the clients from employee settlement? 2) Can I register a complaint against this and how far it will be favorable on my side (real rime frame and expenses)? Since my employer is financially strong and legally sound in the UAE, the company is taking wrong actions likely salary deductions for less sales figures, deduction in settlements and leave salaries during the end of the contract and imposing competitor clause by altering the documents during the renewal. Kindly advise legally.

Q: Hi sir/madam, I just have some concerns regarding my employment contract and my salary. Is it allowed for my employer to renew my contract without signing or signature? Is it allowed or legal that my salary in my first contract is not the same as in my 2nd contract? In my first contract, the salary was 3500 and after renewing my contract, they made it 1500 without informing me. Please help!

Q: Good day, Atty. Shamsa! Is it possible to amend the contract of an employee if his compensation was reduced from his previous salary? Thank you so much for your immediate response!

As the world is currently experiencing a major lockdown and suspension of almost all commercial and civil operations, the question arises in the novelty of Coronavirus outbreak on how serious it is to be dealt with as a Force Majeure.

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).