Q: Dear Sir, I am an Endodontist Dentist from India. I got offer letter on 29 July 2016. The HAAD licence for a specialist dentist was complete on 14 October 2016. I contacted my employer regarding employment visa but every time he gave me an excuse! Now is 23 January 2017 till now there is no proper response from the employer about the employment visa. How should I move out of the situation? What legal procedures can I follow so that the employer either get me employment visa or let me move out to search any other job without getting work ban? Kindly help me in the situation.

Q: I got an employment offer from one of the construction companies from Dubai after the personal interview. I signed the employment offer which I received through email and sent back. Now, after 20 days, they withdrew this offer as per their management decision. I am working in Qatar and I already resigned from my job, and next week I have to leave Qatar. I don't know what to do. Is there any chance to claim it legally?

Q: Sir, I am currently in India. An offer letter was sent to me by an employer and I have signed it. Later, I came to know that this company tortures the workers and even salaries are not paid in time. I am scared. A week ago, they sent me an email asking me to sign "prerequisite for the issuance of work permit", which I have not yet responded. Will I have to face a ban if I do not sign it? Can they issue a visa for me without me signing it? Please help me.

Q: I'm a German national who got an offer for a job in JAFZ, which I subsequently accepted by signing an "Employment LOI" starting 09.04.17. On 10.05.17 the LOI was revoked because my work permit got rejected by the DNRD. The reason for rejection was not given and I was told by company's PRO that I'm not allowed in Dubai. I have never been in Dubai before the rejection. I contacted JAFZA and found out that the PRO made mistakes in submitting the application. A company letter was requested and was never provided. The PRO convinced the company that my father's religion "Shiite" and my birthplace "Lebanon" is the problem. I was then told by the PRO that I'm not allowed to enter Dubai. I was able to enter on 15.05.17 without any problems. 1. Is the LOI legally binding? It does not state any conditions concerning the visa. 2. Can I sue the company under the anti-discrimination law and demand compensation? 3. Can I find out why DNRD rejected the application as the company is refusing to ask for clarification?

Q: Assalamu alaikum, My name is Mohammed Yaseen. My concern is that my previous employer was supposed to pay me AED 3700 of my salary which is pending for one year, and I have been asking him for 6 months. Actually, he was supposed to pay me AED 11700 after the cancellation of my contract, after cancellation he paid me AED 8000 but AED 3700 is still pending. I couldn't do anything before the cancellation because I had to move to another company as the other company will not wait for me. So, on a mutual understanding, I cancelled the contract. He also committed as documented in my official email address that he will pay me all amount, but now he isn't receiving my calls. I have the email, WhatsApp messages...etc as a proof. What can I do now to get my money back? Please suggest. I lost my patience, since 6 months I have been asking him. Please help. Appreciate any help provided. Regards, Mohammed Yaseen Ahmed

Q: I am Jasim. I filed one case against the company in Dubai Court in commercial dispute category. The company offered me a good position and told me to resign from the previous employer and at last, they sent me the visit visa and told me to join the company. They informed me they started my visa processing. After working for 2 months I did not get my salary and I came to know I was cheated and they had no visa quota due to pending salaries to the employees. Now I am in the 5th hearing stage in the Dubai Court chamber. Now, the judge informed me that my case will be rejected if I do not submit a case transfer paper from the Ministry of Labour Court to Dubai Court. What I have to do now? I had no visa to start the case in Labour Court. I went there first, but they told me to go to Dubai Court since I was on visiting visa.

Q: I am an expatriate from India. I have received an appointment from my employer in April 2018 with an appointment letter as Sales Account Manager. The employer told me he will bring me to Dubai with a visit visa and then apply for employment visa when I start working. I joined the company on April 24th 2018 in Dubai and worked for 3 months and no employment visa applied by the employer for me. I generated business from customers from the market as per my job responsibility. As my visit visa expiry was due on July 22nd 2018, on July 20th 2018 I exit the country to India on their direction and came back again on a visit visa with the assurance of employment visa. Now, the company is not paying me the salary as mentioned in the appointment letter. I am working for the company without being paid any money. I feel that my position has been exploited by the organization for my blind faith in them. Is there any way I can claim salary from the employer legally, as I am working for the company?

Q: I overstayed in Dubai just because of my ex-employer negligence, after failing to proceed my visa stamping on my passport. My ex-employer issued only a pink copy visa for me. Although I had informed my ex-employer that time was too short and begged to complete the visa process, but unfortunately, he could not do so. My 10 months' salary is also pending at their side, so I don't have money to pay off my immigration overstay fine. But in spite of all the hardship, I went to the immigration department at Al Aweer to waive off my fine. I was trying to avail any sort of discount to clear my overstay status, but the immigration department did not listen to my full stance and sent me to the temporary immigration department, and gave me 2 days to arrange AED 20000 as my fine. I said to them I have only AED 10,000 and they refused to take it. Now, my previous company paid the fine. Just let me know if I can come back to Dubai and if there's any chance to recover my pending salary.

Q: How can I file a complaint against an employer for not processing my e-visa? I got a labor contract and an offer letter from the employer.

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.

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.

According to this Decree, tentative approval to admit a foreign worker for the purpose of employment in the UAE cannot be granted until an Employment Offer that conforms with the Standard Employment Contract is duly signed by the employee and presented to the Ministry of Labour.

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.

By this Decree Ministry of Labour of the UAE has removed the six-month labour ban for those who changed the job before completing two years of service. Labour ban will be still applicable for workers that qualify for skill level 4 and 5 under various circumstances.

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).