Q: Hi all, I hope you are well! I have a question regarding a dispute with my employer and I am currently awaiting for hearing on my case. I have submitted my resignation with the intention to complete 30 days notice period due to false allegations leveled by the employer. It did not go down well with them and refused to accept my resignation and took my laptop and access card and sent me a termination letter after 4 days. It was an arbitrary dismissal with a refusal to accept my resignation. My question is whether I will be correct to put forward a claim for arbitrary termination and a claim for damages per court decision including my gratuity and pending leaves. The employer has no intention to make payment and is threatening me with a police case and a bad referral for future employment. Please guide me on this situation as I wait for a hearing from the Dubai court. Thank you in advance!

Q: Hi. I resigned from a company 8 months back but I didn't get my settlement and pending salary, and I was asked to sign the settlement paper for visa cancellation. Since I was about to join another company, I signed the paper and wrote an email to the HR saying that I'm yet to get my settlement when I left the company. It's been 8 months and I registered a complaint against them. They are saying that they will put a criminal against me saying that I stole materials and I used to get commission from suppliers and subcontractors, which is not true. From my side, I have two disputes even though I have not got any money from anybody and I have not stolen as claimed by them. 1. I was planning to start a business with one of my subcontractors and I abandoned that plan. My company is aware of that. 2. I accepted one of my subcontractor's invoice bill before the LPO was issued to them as instructed by my project manager.

Q: Dear sir/madam, Immediate resignation was rejected. The job I am doing is not in my signed contract. The amount paid is in my contract but does not match the duties given to me. I was stopped from doing what is in my contract or else to resign & go home. I have audios of phone calls being threatened by C.E.O. All this is because they have my passport in their custody, therefore, they promised that I won't go home till I die and I have evidence of this statement. Need advice, please!

Q: Good afternoon. I have been working with my employer for the past 3 years and 9 months. According to my contract, I am required to work 42 days and take 21 days of unpaid rotational leave. 6 months ago, my employer changed my rotational working cycle to 60 days of work and 60 days of unpaid leave. I did not agree to this change, but I have been working under this new cycle for the past 3 rotations. I resigned from my job while I was on rotational leave and requested to be released from my contract with a 30-day notice period. However, my employer informed me that I must first complete my rotational leave, which is 60 days, and then serve a 30-day notice period after returning to work. I have another job that I need to start in 20 days, but my current employer is not releasing me. I officially submitted my resignation via email on July 12, 2023, from India. Due to this issue, I traveled to Abu Dhabi on July 18, 2023. Please advise me if I must serve my notice period after completing my 60-day rotational leave, or if it can be calculated from the date of my resignation.

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, I resigned from my current company on October 5, knowing that my notice period is one month. When will my notice period end?

Q: Dears, Good day. I would like to ask about this scenario. This 1 staff sent a resignation due to delayed salary but the management agreed to reject his resignation and talk to him that the company still needs him. This staff accepted the proposal then later on after 3 months, this staff did not go to work. It's like he will come twice a week and then he will not come again. Now he sent an email to give him a termination letter. The management decided to accept his resignation ssubmitted 3 months ago but this employee wants a termination letter. What is right? Is it okay if the management accepts his resignation?

Q: Hi. I had to make some employees redundant as per their contract, and I gave them a notice period. One employee who I made redundant wants to leave in his notice period for a new role to begin next week and wants me to cancel his visa. In this scenario, what do I owe him legally other than his gratuity payments? Do I still need to pay his full notice period for redundancy?

An interview-format article covering the topic of the amendments to the company law in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW.

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.

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).

This Law promulgates the Federal Penal Code (Criminal Law) of the United Arab Emirates. Crimes and chastisement punishments shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this Law and other penal codes.

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.