Q: Dear Lawyer, I worked in Dubai as a materials coordinator in the Jebel Ali Freezone in an oil company for four years. During my work period, I applied for a Polish work permit through an immigration consultant situated in Deira Dubai. I paid my hard-earned money, DHS 3500, for them on April 2021. They promised me to hand over the Polish work permit within 6 months. Now one year has already been completed. They cheated on me for my hard-earned money. I kindly request from all of you to take necessary actions against this fraudulent immigration company before they cheat innocent people like us. As an innocent person, I kindly request you to force this fraud immigration consultant to hand over my hard-earned money. I am waiting for your valuable response to this very sensitive case. Thanks & Regards,

Q: Good evening Madam, You are requested to send some details regarding a job offer. I recently got one employment letter from the University of Sharjah with correspondence after documents verification and qualification experience without any interview. So I suspect something on this employment which I'm unable to find out if it's genuine or fraud. Could you help me? Are you willing to provide provision to me? I will send the details to you. Thanking you ma'am, D.R. V. Hyderabad, India

Q: I got a job offer from Etihad group of companies, but in Dubai, it does not exist and its contact number is not responding. https://www.etihadgroupofcompanies.com/

The fraudsters allegedly post jobs online or even on reputable websites like #Monster.com or #Naukrigulf.com with too good to be true salaries and unbelievable benefits. Then WITHOUT an interview or fake telephone call interview (which is never done for real jobs in the UAE) provides an offer letter which includes the names and logos of the employer with or without the UAE Embassy stamp and then asks you to pay processing or visa fee to a travel company or exchange companies. BEWARE!

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.

Further to my article Scam Alert: Fake UAE Job Offers, I believe the scam artists have read the same. Yes, I call them the artists as it is an art to fool people. They have paid attention to every aspect of my article and now have come up with an innovative way to scam the job seekers. Therefore, my revised strategy in this article.

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.

According to this Decree, tentative approval to admit a foreign worker for the purpose of employment in the UAE cannot be granted until an Employment Offer that conforms with the Standard Employment Contract is duly signed by the employee and presented to the Ministry of Labour.

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 Federal Decree-Law No. (31) of 2021 Promulgating the Crimes and Penalties Law, known as the "New UAE Penal Code", governs criminal actions in the United Arab Emirates. The New Penal Code repeals the previous UAE Penal Code (Federal Law No. (3) of 1987 Promulgating the Penal Code).