Q: Good Afternoon, Sir, We are a Dubai-based company, and we would like to know what to do regarding our outstanding pending amount with one of our old staff. We have to get AED 226,600 from him and already filed a bounced cheque case at Dubai Police regarding our sales amount. We give to him the amount of 226,600 AED as a loan, but he already ran away from this country. So, how can we get this amount from him? We are hoping for a proper reply from you. Thank you.

Q: A person e-mails his resignation and leaves for his country from Dubai a year before his 2-year contract ends, without paying the penalty and visa charges as written in the contract. Would he be considered an absconder? Would he have to face a lifetime ban?

Q: I am in the HR of a company in DAFZA. I have an employee who resigned and he said he will freeze his family residency and he will come to sign his cancellation paper and take his end of service cheque, but he simply disappeared. What should our company do in this scenario? We still did not apply for his cancellation based on his request but we have his resignation paper. Thanks

Q: Hi, One employee at my company went for a vacation after 3 months of getting a visa, and she doesn't want to come back. It's been 10 days. Can we cancel her while she is staying in her home country and what will be the status of our quota?

Q: Dear sir/madam, An individual has committed financial fraud with his employer in the UAE and fled to Pakistan. Is there a way to pursue arrest & repatriation from Pakistan? There is a police report filed against him in the UAE.

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.

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 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).