Q: Hi Sir/Madam I have given resignation during my probation period (within three months), and I want to know if I have to pay any compensation to the company.

Q: I am in my probation period. My visa is a free-zone visa and my contract is an unlimited contract. The company is giving me additional work which is out of my job description due to the resignation of an old employee. I am really struggling to complete all the responsibilities including mine and that of the ex-employee. Can I resign without getting a labour ban? Do I need to pay them anything?

Q: If I am on the probationary period and resigned, then I conducted one month notice, is my employer entitled to deduct the visa cost from the salary that I will have during the one month notice?

Q: I want to know about the labor ban. Previously, I was working with a private company with a Sharjah visa for 2 years. Now I have joined a new private company with a Dubai visa. I'm on 6 month probation period which is going to end after a week. As I don't feel comfortable working in the current company and I have better offers from other companies, I would like to know If I resign will I get a labor ban? I am still in the probation period. I don't have a graduation certificate attested and my current visa is unlimited. Thank you!

Q: Good morning, My employer gave me one month's notice for termination after 3 months of visa issuance. He also abused me. He asks me to sign the cancellation paper. This is my first visa in the UAE. Kindly tell me please what I should do.

Q: Dear sir/madam, I want to resign after I finished my probationary period in my company. Can I get a ban from working with another company? Does my old company have the right to reimburse me for the visa fees?

Q: Dear sir/madam, I am in my probation period. It has been 4 months and I want to resign from my current job to go back to my country, but my contract states that if I leave before a year then I will have to reimburse the training cost which is 6000 AED; almost 4 times my total salary. This job is affecting my mental health and I want to leave as soon as possible. There was not any specific training or course that company offered to me.

Three new ministerial decrees containing a new set of rules for the labour market were issued by the UAE Ministry of Labour last year and came into force on the 1st of January this year. The decrees are expected to alter the contractual relationship between employers and workers in the UAE.

When an employee or employer mentions legal issues related to their labour relationship, the first question to be raised is: do you have a limited or unlimited labour contract? We try here to shed light on the relevant provisions of the limited and unlimited contracts in the UAE labour law pertaining to resignation, termination of employment, notice period and calculation of the end of service benefits.

An interview-format article covering the topic of employment contracts in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW. Ludmila discusses the aspects of limited and unlimited contracts, like the end of service, notice, arbitrary dismissal...etc.

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 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.

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).