Q: Dear Sir, I have not been paid salary by my employer for the past 5 months. Once I file a labour complaint, can the employer terminate my contract and cancel my residence visa? Regards

Q: Hello, I have serious question regarding the salary delay issues. Well, can the employer hold salary for more than 3 months? Because now its already the 4th month running and we as staff are yet to receive the salaries. So, please advise us what we can do in this matter as we are all now in no man's land.

Q: Good day Sir/Madam, My boss is delayed in giving me my salary and he told me that he doesn’t have money. After repeatedly talking to him, he told me he will be cancelling my employment with him. I am under unlimited contract and I joined my company Nov. 15, 2017. I signed my contract on Nov. 28, 2017. Will I get any ban?

Q: For the last 2 years, I worked for a contracting firm. My salary was AED 8000/month but usually, my employer used to give me 2-3k monthly or sometimes less than this. The salary transaction is easily reflect-able on my salary statement. I filed a case in the labour court against my employer for my visa cancellation and due salary payment 3 days ago, but he is not in the mood of settlement. What action should I take against him?

Q: Hello all, I was working under an unlimited contact on an LLC company for about a year in Abu Dhabi. Since I started working, I haven’t got paid on time. So after a year, I resigned from the company by emergency resignation whilst I had 2 months' pending salaries. Now it’s been 49 days since I submitted my resignation and my company is delaying my payments, though my work permit has already been cancelled by them. So can anyone give some advice to take further actions? I’m currently staying on my notice period, so is it ok to file a case against them? Will it take longer?

Q: Labor Case I have not been paid 4+ months in salaries of 40,500. I have served in the company 5.8+ years to date. I am due to pending salaries, leave salaries for 51 days, gratuity and a personal balance of 54,000. My present company has been sold to another company and I have been requested to continue my job at a lower salary and demoted from my current position of General Manager which are terms of arbitrary termination. I have refused to sign stating I will not do so until my pending salaries and dues are settled. They have not terminated me nor have I resigned from my current position as I believe they are not legally authorized too. They have not transferred the TL to their names yet. However, they are sitting in our office and making transactions on behalf of the company and operating the bank accounts. The previous owner is unreachable both by email and phone. As per the above, what are my options to claim?

Q: I want to know what are chances to get my pending salary and EOS benefits. I was working in a company based in JAFZA. The company was delaying the salary 2-3 months. I started searching for a job and found a new one in DOHA-Qatar. I properly handed over and resigned. They told me that the company doesn’t have money and they asked me to leave and join the new company without cancelling my visa. They promised me that they will transfer my pending salary and EOS benefits once the company has money. Later they refused to give me after sending many follow up emails. They cancelled my visa by saying I didn't come back form vacation.

Q: I talked to my boss last night about my salary because it is more than 10 days late. He said that he will pay the salary after lockdown. He also told me that if I want, he will go to his home to get the money and after that he will terminate my contract. It is possible? I have 2 years limited contract and I am now 10 months in the company. Please help!

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