Q: I returned back to my home country without cancelling the employment visa. Now, it has been one year in the home country. Could I possibly take another visa to search for jobs?

Q: Hi I have been working with Emirates Airlines for almost 9 years, and due to some emergency reason, I left Dubai going back home. After that, I sent my resignation by email. My employer said that they need my passport to cancel my residence visa otherwise I will be blacklisted by the UAE immigration. This case has been almost seven months ago. If I decided to come back to Dubai, how to issue tourist visa with no issue or being refused? Do I have to pay a penalty? How to remove the ban or blacklist? Will they arrest me at the airport? Warm regards, Tony

Q: Hello, I left the UAE 3 months back due to health emergency of my wife and I informed my employer also. My employer wants me to send the passport by courier so that he can cancel the visa and send the passport back to me. However, I have requested if I can come back now, get the visa cancelled, collect my luggage and close all bank accounts. Is coming back an issue? (my visa is still valid till Aug 2019). What are the points I need to check for a smooth airport entry?

Q: Dear Sir, I am working in one contracting company in Dubai and my visa expired last week. I returned back to Dubai last month only after spending 6 months in India. I have sponsored visas for my wife and kid. They already stayed out of the UAE for 9 months. Now my employer wants to cancel my visa but I want to know whether my family visa is already cancelled or I will have any problem with the cancellation of my visa. No way I can arrange the original Emirates ID and passport from them because they are not living with me. Please advise.

Q: I entered into a limited-term contract with my employer in Feb 2021. I worked for 2 months and then I traveled to Mumbai for a family medical emergency (Covid). Now that the flights are suspended, I am stuck in Mumbai. I also resigned from the company since I have to stay back in Mumbai to take care of my house. My employer is asking for 45 days salary but I don't have any money to pay him. What is the way out? I also offered him notice from Mumbai but he is refusing and not settling things as well. Can he put a ban on me? What are the legal implications if I don't pay him?

Q: Hi Sir, I have a UAE residence visa and I came on vacation to my home country. How much time do I have to spend here before it's 6 months?

Q: I am outside the UAE for more than 6 months but my file shows it is still active. What do I do and how to cancel it?

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 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.

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).