Q: Hi, I need your legal advice, please. Is there a time frame for my ex-employer as to when he will pay? I filed an arrest warrant and ban of trade license against him and it's approved by the court, it has been almost 2 weeks now since I filed and until now there is no update from the court. Please need your advice as trying to contact the court but they are not responding.

Q: My company is based in Abu Dhabi and some of our employees in Dubai were terminated last year (September, October, November 2018). We employees approached MOHRE and out of 4 times, only 2 times the company PRO attended. And since the company was unwilling to settle the EOSB or even salaries, the matter was transferred to the court. Since May, salaries were not paid to employees. For the first 2-3 persons, the court had released a judgement and no appeal was done by the company. And even after the execution stage, the company is unwilling to pay money to those employees. To certain employees, the company started sending lawyers and delayed hearings and appealed twice thus delaying things. One employee's health condition was not good and he submitted medically unfit documents to the court but nothing happened till date. The company has a branch in Dubai and these employees are under Dubai. How can the money be collected?

Q: Hi, We have a previous employee who was terminated last February, and he received his final settlement and his visa expired in April. Then our previous manager renewed his visa in May for some personal agreement. He didn't report to work from May to July, and by the end of July, he filed a case while the previous manager was outside the country. He is asking for 3 months' salary & 3 months' arbitrary compensation. What can our company do?

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, After winning the case against my employer and registering an enforcement case, they have yet to pay me after 15 days. I received a message from the court regarding the seizure of funds and license. What does this mean, and what is the next step? When can I expect to receive my dues?

Q: Hi, We had a labor case against a company and the judgment came in in our favor. I want to understand now how the employee's visa will be canceled.

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.

There is an execution against me in the UAE; what should I do? How do I cancel the arrest warrant and summons, and how do I deal with the travel ban? Dear readers, we present this simplified article, in which we explain the implementation procedures briefly, how the defendant can deal with them, and the options he can take to enforce the judgment smoothly while decreasing the damages of implementation as much as possible.

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.

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).