Q: My company is based in Abu Dhabi and some of our employees in Dubai were terminated last year (September, October, November 2018). We employees approached MOHRE and out of 4 times, only 2 times the company PRO attended. And since the company was unwilling to settle the EOSB or even salaries, the matter was transferred to the court. Since May, salaries were not paid to employees. For the first 2-3 persons, the court had released a judgement and no appeal was done by the company. And even after the execution stage, the company is unwilling to pay money to those employees. To certain employees, the company started sending lawyers and delayed hearings and appealed twice thus delaying things. One employee's health condition was not good and he submitted medically unfit documents to the court but nothing happened till date. The company has a branch in Dubai and these employees are under Dubai. How can the money be collected?

Q: I have won a labour court case against my employer, however, it's over 6 months now and I am still unpaid. My previous employer changed his license and also the office, but his office is at the same location. However, he has refused to pay. I have the court order and execution, and I also have a court order to go to the Ministry of Human Resources instructing them or the bank to facilitate payment. I would like to receive my payment within the shortest time. I am willing to pay 3000 only after successfully receiving my money. Anyone can help me with this, kindly contact me.

Q: I have a labour case with my company for non-payment of settlement and pending salaries. The judgement came in my favour. What is the next step after the judgement of a labour case?

Q: I am working with one company and the company terminated me. I made a labor complaint and received the labor complaint number. I brought all the documents they requested and went to Injaz - Al Ain as my visa is Al Ain. When I visited there, Injaz people informed me to pay AED 30000 to transfer my case to labor court. Please advise me, what will I do? Last 3 months I don't have any salary. I need to get more than 300k as l worked in the UAE for more than 15 yrs. This is a huge amount that an employee can pay as there is no salary given by the company.

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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