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: My boss told us that he will not give us salaries for the month of March and asks us to work until the end of the month. What should I do? He also said that there are no more company funds.

Q: I am working for a company set up in Fujairah Creative City, they have a branch in Dubai. My contract is with Fujairah Creative City of AED 10,000/month, however, I got a raise a year ago to AED 15,000/month. I have the company contract showing this amount and a salary certificate from the company showing this amount. My employer has not paid me for 4 months now. Do I need to give notice to my employer? How do I recuperate these funds? Will I be able to work for another company if I have an ongoing dispute? If I am not able to work for another company due to an ongoing dispute, and the company representative does not attend the court hearings and delay the judgement, can I file for damages? And what will be the compensation amount for these damages based on? At what stage is the travel ban imposed on the shareholders/partners, as I fear they might leave the country? Will I be able to recuperate the dues owed to me if the company files for bankruptcy?

Q: I have an unlimited contract since October 2019 with a company registered in DMCC Dubai. I did not receive any wage (basic salary, bonus, accommodation allowance, business expenses reimbursement) since March 2020 (18 months) and no health insurance coverage since October 2020. The company is just promising. The company decided first to reduce salaries by 50% due to Covid for three months (Apr-Jun 2020) with my acceptance. After that, they continued with the same reduction without my agreement. But even with that, no salaries are paid. The total amount due is above 500,000 USD. I was obliged to leave UAE in November 2020 because of no income. It has been agreed and accepted by the company to work remotely. I was also obliged to go back to Dubai at my expense every 6 months in order not to lose the visa. Now, I have a job offer in another country starting in Oct 2021. How to proceed with my company? How to inform them? Would I resign and file a claim later or file a claim immediately without resignation?

Q: Actually, I resigned from work due to non-payment of salary for over 5 months with a proper notice period. Now the company is not giving a proper answer when the complaint has been registered and instead they are just giving the same excuse as they need more time and will be able to give payments in 4-5 cheques which are not acceptable as I have to go back to my home country. Actually, I would like to know if I refer the case to court, is it possible for me to claim more as compensation (along with salary, leave salary, EOS benefits) due to delay from the employer and giving false promises to each complaint registered?

Q: My contract is unlimited and the company did not pay more than 5 months, sadly. Do I still have to pay early termination fees (45 days of salary) to the company? Please help. Thanks.

Q: Greetings. I am working in an Abu Dhabi-based company. I have three months pending salaries since Dec 2021. The fourth month is ongoing. I got a new job and I submitted my resignation by mail on 24-Feb-2022. Now the company says our WBS system is blocked and they can cancel my visa by paying a penalty. But I have to sign that I received all pending dues, then they will provide my pending dues whenever they received money from a client. Any chance to join my new company without any problem? If I go to the labor court, can I get my pending dues immediately? How much does it cost? Requesting your kind guidance.

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, Working as a taxi driver for a company with no prior bad record, I requested my passport back as required by law. However, the company did not respond to my request, so I filed a case and received court approval. I then gave the approval to the Rashidiya Police Station, but for the past week, they have been telling me to come back tomorrow and that they will call the company. I have not done anything wrong by requesting my passport back in accordance with the law, and my company is committing another offense by not allowing me to work. I have been in constant contact with the company but have received no help. I am running out of money and feel like nothing will change, and I will suffer along with thousands of others who have been discriminated against. Please advise me on what to do!

Issue: An employee resigned from the job after working for 5 years, and signs a letter addressed to the employer that he wants his gratuity to be paid only after his customer pays the employer. Therefore, has the employer defaulted for End of Service (EOS) payment under the UAE Labour Law?

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.

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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.

By this Decree Ministry of Labour of the UAE has removed the six-month labour ban for those who changed the job before completing two years of service. Labour ban will be still applicable for workers that qualify for skill level 4 and 5 under various circumstances.

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).