Q: An employer portrays the employee to be at fault for a financial loss, stating it is his liability and responsibility, when neither in the contract nor in any written communication this is stated, and when the fault has been with a different department and with the management. Can the employee respond and defend their remuneration from being deducted? Is this considered as grounds for the employee to file a case on the employer misconduct? What might be the approximate timeline for such a case to be resolved? (The employee has written documents that help make their case)

Q: Good day, I just want to ask what can I do to legally resign immediately from my company. Because of Covid, our company is deducting 25% on our salary and hours of work. But they didn't notify me of that deduction. I was just shocked that my salary is deducted. I have 1 year of service with them but until now they didn't give a full salary since my 1st day of work. Now It is hard for me to budget my salary for 1 month. I only have AED 2000 salary per month and it has a 25% deduction so the total is only AED 1500. My position in the company is IT Specialist, but my profession in my residence visa is a laborer. My question is, how can I resign to them immediately without getting a labor ban or giving a notice period? Or can I get my deducted salary for 1 year and pay it for my immediate resignation in the company?

Q: Sir. I am a pharmacist in the UAE working in a company since May this year. I have an unlimited contract and in probation period, but all those months the employer paid me only half salary. When I ask about this they are threatening me that they will terminate me and I have to pay the visa expenses. I need some legal advice regarding this.

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.

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.