Q: A labour case was ruled in my favour and I received the judgement at the end of 2016. The judgement progressed to execution and not One Dirham has been paid by my ex-employer to date. We have spent the last year searching assets in all banks, combined with real estate, RTA etc. and all have come back with no assets. An attachment was made on the office assets, shortly after the Rental Dispute Committee issued a Judgement awarding the office assets to the Landlord. Finally, we located a valid Bank Guarantee held with a Government Authority. But the entity is not cooperating. As per Federal Law No. 8 for 1980 On Regulation of Labour Relations, Article 4 gives priority over all assets. However, in this scenario, Federal Labour Law, Dubai Real Estate Laws and further laws are all overlapping and conflicting. My query is, is there a document or law that states which law has priority over another to help resolve the issues I am facing with the judgement execution?

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: Dear advocates, I, the plaintiff, won a legal case against my employer. I am the employee. The judgment date was Feb 7, 2021. I wrote an email to my employer 10 days before attaching the court order asking for payment as per the court order, but there is no response from the employer to date. Can you advise me regarding further actions to be taken by me to get the money from my employer as per the court order? Also please advise about the overstay fines if any, as my visa expired well before the judgment date. As I am jobless for more than 10 months now, I am suffering much, and I want to go back to my home country at the earliest after collecting the money from my employer. Kindly advise me about the possible remedies. Regards,

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, I have completed the execution stage of the labor case against my previous employer for not paying my settlements, leave salary and other allowances. The company license is blocked, request to arrest the manager was submitted and approved by the court 2 months back. But to date, I haven't received any amount. The company is still working and they have projects running in Dubai. Kindly advise me on what to do next. The case was submitted in the year 2020 April and taken a long time.

Q: My lawyer isn’t sharing papers for the payment from the court. I believe there is a paper called accounts report that states in detail the amount I had to receive. How can I get that report? The labor case is in Abu Dhabi. Thank you

Q: Dear Sir My judgment has come. If my company does not give me my money, who will give it and how long will it take? I am very upset. I have to operate on my child and my mom is sick too. My house runs because of me.

Q: I filed an execution case, and it is approved (i.e. blocking trade license, bank account, insurance, and RTO) 23 days ago. No further action is taken on that still as of today. What could be the reason?

Q: What else to do to receive my gratuity claims? I already have the judgment and executory order for the filed case against my previous company for almost a year now. As per the court update, no funds have been deposited for my claims until now.

Q: Dear sir, I have applied for the execution of a labor decision, and accordingly, the court has issued a notification to the employer for depositing the money. Now, the employer has submitted an application to stop the implementation procedures. What should I do in this case?

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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