Q: Hello, I am working under a company within a Freezone area and I just received a termination letter subjected "redundancy due to financial issues" and would like to know my rights before negotiating with the employer while taking the below notes into consideration: - Sales recently increased and boomed. Delivery performance is even better. - My position in the department is still available and occupied by another employee. What are my rights in this case? Is it an arbitrary dismissal?

Q: Good day, I have a question about my contract being terminated in the UAE. I was verbally informed of my contract being ended due to redundancy on 6th October with no requirement to work the notice period. There is a 2-month notice period in the employment contract. The written notification was only provided on 4th December. Company is refusing to pay gratuity and vacation during notice period with all calculations only being until 6th October. Is this calculation correct? How does the lack of written notification affect this as I would think the notice period should commence when that is received? Secondly, in the redundancy letter which was titled “Notice of redundancy,” it was called a “necessary restructure”. I have since found out that somebody else has been brought into my position but the job title has been changed. All reporting lines and work responsibilities seem to remain the same based on what I have heard from former colleagues. Would this fall under an arbitrary dismissal?

Q: Hi, My employer asked me to sign a dismissal of service due to a lack of projects. I have been working there for more than 6 months and I was planning to go back to my home country after my notice period. Am I entitled to compensation due to dismissal of service by just working for more than 6 months?

Q: Hi, I have a concern regarding my contract. I have an unlimited contract and I'm on my 2 years now in the company. So, I'm planning to resign because I want to go back to my country for good now. And so, I just realized now that in my contract there are no written leave and ticket incentives after 2 years. So I'm wondering if I still have hope to get a free ticket from my company to go home even if it's not written in my contract. Please. I hope somebody notices this. Because the plane ticket is also expensive. Thank you for the answer in advance.

Q: Hi Good day, I am A.K. and I'm working in a private company for the past 6 years. My visa has recently been renewed and my employer has issued me a termination letter with a 30-day notice period with a reason for laying off due to no business while they are still running a profitable business. What are the benefits I will be getting? I need your advice, please. Regards K.

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.

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.

An interview-format article covering the topic of employment termination without a valid reason in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW. Ludmila discusses the aspects of termination, like notice periods, end of service benefits, arbitrary dismissal, unpaid salaries etc.

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.