Q: I was MD of a company, however, I was made redundant back in Jan 2019, signed a settlement agreement with my employer. According to the settlement agreement, the employer had to cancel my visa before May 31, remove my name from the trade license and replace me with a new signatory for bank accounts. However, due to some reason, they couldn’t replace me, so they couldn’t cancel my visa at the end of May. After all, now in October, the employer has informed me that they are now ready to take over bank accounts to a new signatory and replace me on the trade license. In the meantime, as a sole signatory of the company, I signed all company documents until Sept. to make sure the company operates smoothly. But since my employer didn’t pay my annual home leave tickets and other benefits, I stopped signing company documents as of September. All in all, I don’t want to hand over bank accounts till they pay my benefits. If I delay the bank account handover process, will it cause any legal issues against me?

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: Hi, I have just joined a company in Dubai for 2 months. In the contract, it does not show any probation period. They said that they are already done with my visa but not yet stamped on the passport, also not yet done with my EID. If I resign, can they ban me? Or I have to give 30 days period before I can quit? Thank you!

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 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 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.

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.