Q: If salary is given delayed by the employers for 3 months and the employee filed for resignation, is the employer capable of giving a ban to the employee? And is it legal to deduct 45 days from the settlement because the contract was not finished?

Q: My salary is delayed for 3 months. Now, I want to resign due to this reason. I am wondering if the employer is allowed to deduct anything from my salary upon leaving due to this reason. Thank you.

Q: Hello, I have serious question regarding the salary delay issues. Well, can the employer hold salary for more than 3 months? Because now its already the 4th month running and we as staff are yet to receive the salaries. So, please advise us what we can do in this matter as we are all now in no man's land.

Q: My company has filed a Breach of Contract case against me 6 months back. For the same reason, my passport was held at the police station. The company filed this case as retribution to the case I filed against them, hence it is a weak case and they are not pushing forward with it. There is no update on the case status from the police and it has been more than 6 months since my passport is held. What is the timeframe for cases to proceed? Can the police hold my passport indefinitely?

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?

Q: Hi Sir I was canceled by my employer but he refused to hand over my passport. He doesn't want me to change my status and I don't know the reason. He canceled the visa without my knowledge and he sent me the cancellation paper on the 10th day of my grace period for which he knew I only have 28 days. I asked him to give me my passport because I have to renew it before I can apply for a new visa or change my status, it states that a passport should be more than 6 months before a UAE visa can be issued. He, later on, put on absconding that I ran away but it's false. I also lost my wallet phrase which I wrote and hid inside the cover case of my passport and about $37,000 worth of crypto has gone missing because I can't find the trust wallet phrase to recover my crypto. They want to give me the passport but that cover case is missing, can I file a case for compensation for putting false absconding and unlawful holding of my passport and know the whereabouts of the passport cover case? Thank you

Q: Hi, My query is that my husband and his 3 colleagues won a criminal case that was filed against them by their employer accusing them of theft and cheating. The employer has not paid full salary and gratuity and has harassed them a lot for 18 months. My husband and his colleagues want to claim everything by filing a case in labor court. Are there any chances that the employer can file any other case in civil court against them? The Dubai court has already dropped all the criminal charges that were put by him on my husband. Can they move forward with filing the other case in labor court? Is there any risk from the employer?

Q: Hey, My employer filed an absconding case against me on September 4, 2023, during my notice period, which ended on September 7, 2023. However, I stopped going to work on August 11, 2023, because I had not received my salary for July, while the rest of the team had been paid. I sent an email to HR explaining that I could not get to work due to transportation problems, and they replied asking me to send all handovers by email and promised to send my final settlement, which I received two days ago. My last day of work is listed as August 11, 2023, and the reason for leaving the company is listed as RESIGNED, both of which are correct. Is it legal to file an absconding case against an employee who resigned and stopped going to work because the employer has not paid their salary? I have not yet been paid for July.

Q: Hi everyone I need urgent help in Dubai. I filed a labor complaint about my unpaid salary, but after that, my company filed a criminal case against me based on a chat I had with my colleagues about salary and company issues. Now, I am on a visit visa with a travel ban, and my financial situation is very bad. I don’t know how to resolve this legally or get a new visa. Can anyone guide me on what to do? Any legal advice or solutions would be really helpful. Please help

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.

An interview-format article covering the topic of filing an employment court case in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW.

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).