Q: I am working as a sales executive. My contract is expiring next month. Will my employer force me to continue till my visa get expired? A: Please be noted that if your contract is a limited contract, you may serve a notice of non-renewal, 30 days, prior to the expiry date. This is not mandatory…

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Forcing an employee to continue working till visa expiry

Dear Sir,

I am working as a sales executive in Ajman. My contract is expiring next month ( Dec 2021) but my visa is valid till February 2022.

I am not renewing my current contract. Will my employer force me to continue till my visa get expired without a valid labor contract?

Rajasree Ravivarma

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17 Nov 2021, 12:49

Dear questioner,

Please be noted that if your contract is a limited contract, you may serve a notice of non-renewal, 30 days, prior to the expiry date. Though this is not mandatory, this practice is recommended.

Please check and make sure that no notice period is mentioned in the employment contract. If yes, you shall serve the notice period following the non-renewal notice.

If yours is an unlimited contract, you shall serve resignation and shall serve the notice period as mentioned in your employment contract.

In both cases, your employer cannot force you to continue once you serve the notice of non-renewal or resignation.

Regards,

Rajasree Ravivarma

18 Nov 2021, 05:54

Thank you, Ma'am,

Also, recently I checked my labor contract in the MOHRE app. I was shocked because someone else signed my contract instead of me without my knowledge or information.

Does this scenario happen in all companies? Because as per my knowledge, it is a forgery and criminal case.

My employer is not giving annual leave salary to the employees prior to the vacation. They have put a notice in the office stating,

"If anyone is going for an annual leave they have to inform the management one month before and the salary of the worked and annual leave salary will be given once he joined back after vacation."

They are saying if employees are not coming back after the vacation, we have to retrieve their visa cost.

I wonder if this is happening in the UAE.

18 Nov 2021, 06:05

You may raise all these issues in your labor complaint addressed to MoHRE.

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