Q: Dear Sir/ Madam. I am working in Sharjah on a limited contract as a chemical engineer. Since last month, my company started to use some illegal chemical. So I sent an email and warned them to stop that. However, in response, they abused and threatened me. In this environment, I resigned from the job with a 6-week notice and continued doing my duties as normal. I have a doubt that after the notice period they might refuse to cancel my visa or delay the cancellation. Please advise me what can I do in this situation. I also mentioned in resignation that the reason for leaving is due to the illegal activities of the company.

Q: I am working here in Saif Zone Sharjah as a clerk. I am not getting my salary for the last 5 months, not even getting food allowance. I have resigned from my company and they promised to send me all the dues on the same date as per resignation but it's not possible. They are taking signature on blank paper and blank debit voucher before joining. The same mistake I have committed also because they told me they need a signature on blank paper for visa purpose and they'll return this paper after the visa is issued but they didn't. I have all the evidence regarding all illegal activities which are being done by the company. They are torturing all staff and labours after taking signature on blank paper. If somebody resigns, they are typing settlement and all dues on the blank paper. Please guide me, I want to punish this type of people.

Q: Hello Sir, I am working as an accountant for a company in Sharjah. One of our employees had committed fraud with AED 300,000, as a salesman. Now, he accepted to make such thing and he is also available and working in the UAE. When I told our management about this, all they said was that I am responsible for this all. Am I responsible for this? What are my legal rights here?

Q: Dear sir/madam, My company is indulging in a bad practice which I think I need to report to the authorities. We are involved in the sale of FMCG (food and no food items). When products expire, we remove them for management. But to my surprise, I’ve realized that the management sends these expired products to their houses and gets the dates of the items changed. I have tried my best to avoid this but they keep bringing them which is very worrying. Secondly, they deliberately hire people on visit visas, they use them and when the visa expires, they release and dismiss them. This has been going on for a while now and I find it very disturbing. Many innocent colleagues have entered into overstay and absconding due to this. Moreover, workers here are made to work for more than 12hrs a day/6 days a week without overtime pay. How do I go about this, please?

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.