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7 available 7 • View allComplaint to the Ministry of Labour for salary delay
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Q: Hello,
I have serious question regarding the salary delay issues. Well, can the employer hold salary for more than 3 months?
Because now its already the 4th month running and we as staff are yet to receive the salaries. So, please advise us what we can do in this matter as we are all now in no man's land.

Mar 15, 2018
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Arbitrary dismissal for requesting the payment of delayed salaries
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Q: Dear Ma'am
Good day to you,
I am working in a company where they didn't pay me for 5 months and I have asked them to do so, in order to leave for marriage on August 26, 2018 (Please note my visa expires on 18/09/2018).
But the response from them was swift and fast and they gave me a letter of termination with notice period 30 days. I have refused to sign the letter.
The company is not in a position to settle my outstanding salary gratuity and leave salary at the moment, as I have been informed so verbally.
So shall I file a case and tell the labour office to hold it till I come back from my marriage, one day before my visa expires? is that possible?
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Dima

Jul 8, 2018
1941
Claiming pending salaries from the employer after resignation
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Q: Hello,
I've worked for an employer in Dubai for one year. I resigned before the end of the contract so the contract won't be renewed. My employer held a worth of 4 months salary and didn't pay to me till date.
The employer wasn't my sponsor but we have a signed contract and an email conversation where he promised to pay but he didn't.
What can we do?
The owners are a Canadian and a Saudi and the company is in DMCC.

Feb 19, 2019
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The time limit allowed for an employer to delay salaries

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Q: Hi There!
What if our employer delays salary each month for 25 days, can we complain?


Dec 23, 2019
1769
The consequences of resigning from an LLC company due salary delay
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Q: Hi Ma'am,
Good Morning!
I am working in an LLC company in Dubai. I signed an unlimited contract in the month of April 2021. Now I am not satisfied with this company and salary pending is the reason to resign.
Will there be any consequences if I resign within 6 months? My VISA belongs to the employer and my passport is also with them.
Kindly advise!
Thanks

Aug 1, 2021
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How to get the pending salaries before resignation?

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Q: Dear sir,
I am currently working and have pending salaries from August 2021 till the present. The company gives a salary every 2 or 3 months; that is why it is accumulated for almost 11 months.
I received my salary last April 20, 2022, for the month of July 2021. My MOHRE the last time I check is updated till February 2022. I am planning to resign but I am afraid that the company will not give me anything.
I would like to ask what should I do so that the company will be forced to give me all my pending salary?


Jul 2, 2022
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المستندات الواجب إرسالها للموظف خلال فترة الإشعار

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س: السلام عليكم،
الاستشارة القانونية ثم التمثيل المطلوب من محام متخصص في قانون العمل.
شكرًا لكم!


Jun 23, 2022
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Laws & Regulations
2 available 2 • View allFederal Law No. (8) of 1980 Concerning the Regulation of Labor Relations 53
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.
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