Q: I was working with a company and it was closed without giving us any notice or document. I’m still under their visa and it’s gonna expire next month. So I contacted the ministry of labor to ask for their help and get the cancellation paper because the company closed and all the contact numbers not working. Then the labor sent me a cancellation paper asking me to take it to immigration and get the cancellation. When I went to the immigration, they said I have an absconding case. But I’m still on the company visa and they are the one closed everything without informing us. What can I do to this case and how to remove absconding from my side because I didn’t do anything wrong?

Q: Dear sir, My visit visa expired and I'm overstaying. The travel company put me absconding by Abu Dhabi immigration. My employment visa is now ready, but my file is blocked because of absconding. What do I have to do? Advise me, please!

Q: I can't reach my employer, he is out of the country for 1 year. My visa has expired in October 2020 and I need to cancel it to be able to get a new visa, I am very concerned about fines & any repercussions, I must get this cancelled asap and get onto a new visa. Can you help with: 1) How do I cancel the visa if the employer is no longer here? 2) How can I find out about my overstay fines? 3) Who is responsible for my overstay fines?

Q: Hi there, I’ve been working for someone for 1 year and 18 months, as a house helper without any single payment claiming that he puts all my money in an account to which I have no access. His wife tried to strangle me and I immediately ran for my life but the police couldn’t help me because I had no documents with me. I was later referred somewhere where they informed me that my visa was under a free zone and labor couldn’t see any details. Can I be helped immediately, please

Q: I have been working for an expat family for four months but I work mostly 15 hours a day. I want to resign here but if I resign and work outside, they'll send me back to the agency and my agency would want me to pay 9 thousand dirhams as payment for what was paid by the agent. Can I leave the agency without paying?

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.

An interview-format article covering the topic of overstaying your tourist or resident visa in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW. Ludmila discusses the aspects of overstaying, like fines, grace periods, exemptions...etc.

The UAE attracts a large population of expatriates from around the world for business or leisure. It occurs sometimes that those expatriates violate the rules of their visas and incur overstay fines which accumulate the longer they stay beyond their visa's expiry date. This may result in travel restrictions, banning violators from entering the UAE for a certain period or lifetime. The UAE authorities have now announced a two-month scheme for violators to rectify their situations.

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.