Q: Dear Lawyers, I would like to bring to your kind attention that a month back I have won a case against my employer of AED 120,000. After 10 days of the first instance decision, my employer had filed an appeal. In the appeal, he has mentioned that he was not given a fair chance to explain the appointed expert. He wants to reopen the case and refer it to the same expert and explain to him all the important points which he missed. The court has given the first hearing date of appeal. My question is that can the judge dismiss his appeal after the first hearing as his appeal is based on some ridiculous charges on me? I would like to avail your respective services to handle this appeal. Please advise how much will be your charges for the above-mentioned issue. Looking forward to hearing from you guys soon. Regards.

Q: Hi there, I have won the labour case against my employer with an amount of AED 75,000, regarding salaries issue. Now, my company has filed an appeal request to appeal the court judgment. My question is, how much time will Dubai appeal court take? What documents do I have to provide? Can I claim more amount due to the waste of time or having no job? Please reply to me. Best regards

Q: Hi Sir/Madam, I won the case against my employer in February 2020. After that, as the claim amount is AED 21,500/-, my employer filed an appeal against that judgment. However, on 17/11/2020, the court delivered the judgement and the appeal made by my employer was rejected and whatever appealed judgement was stood final. Now, what do I need to do for the payment follow up? Is it possible for my employer to appeal again against this order? How much time will it take to get the payment? Thanks so much in advance.

Q: I am an employee in a Dubai mainland private company. I got a verdict in my favor for AED 145,536 that the company should pay me. But today after 21 days, I got a notice of appeal from Dubai Courts that my company filed against the verdict. What are the chances I can still win? And can they submit new evidence against me which was not submitted before? Or the court will not accept any new pieces of evidence even if they submitted and issued an appeal?

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.

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).

The law promulgates UAE Civil Procedures Code (Civil Procedure Law) which governs civil procedures in the United Arab Emirates, including the prosecution before the courts, litigation and execution.