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6 available 6 • View allUnpaid salary and the right to resign and claim all benefits


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Q: Good day,
I am working in an LLC Company in Dubai with an unlimited contract. My scenario is as follows:
1. I am not paid salary for the last 6 months, haven't filed a case yet.
2. My visa and contract are finishing by the end of July 2019.
3. I got a job offer to join in August 2019.
4. My company is giving hope to give 2 months salary by 20 July 19.
5. The company is not paying the settlement to any while leaving.
Please advise me, can I leave this firm by the end of July and join the new offer without resignation and notice period?
My resignation will stop 2 months salary offered from them ( point 4 ).
Expecting a soon reply and thanking you.



Jul 17, 2019
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Guaranteeing pending salaries and rights at the end of labour contract
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Q: Hi,
I am Z. A.
My employer is not paying my salary for 3 months now plus another pending amount, and my contract is expiring on 8th May 2019.
I got an offer letter from another company and I resigned from my job.
My query is if my employer does not cancel me after one month or if he does not pay all my dues, what should I do to get cancelled and get my dues paid without losing the new job offer?
Please help me out.
Best Regards,
Z. A.

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How to claim pending salaries and EOSB after resignation
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Q: Hello
I have been working for a company in Dubai for 3 years, and in the current year, the company didn't pay salaries. Overall now, I have 8 months worth of pending salaries + the other end of service benefits.
I was chasing them around for months and got tired of it, so I resigned. I filed a complaint against the company, but for 3 weeks the company never reached out for settlement, so finally, I registered a case against the company in court.
I am on my husband's visa & my work permit expired months back. What I want to know is:
1. Now that I have registered a court case, what's going to happen next?
2. Will I have to visit court, every time for hearings?
3. I am looking for a new job here, will this court case be any issue in me getting a new job or new employer issuing a new work permit and what can I do to ease the process of new work permit?
Appreciate your advice.
Thanks,
S.

Dec 17, 2020
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What to do if employer refuses to cancel visa and demands recruitment fee?

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Q: Dear Sir/Madam,
I had an employment contract for 3 years, but I worked for only 6 months and then resigned.
The employer refused to cancel my visa and asked me to pay the recruitment fee of 5,700 AED, which was to be paid by me and my new employer.
I don't have the money to pay, and my new employer is not willing to pay for me.
What can I do now?
I have already complained to the UAE Labour.


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239
Does my new sponsor need to compensate my ex-employer?


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Q: Dear Sir/Madam,
I resigned from my company during my probation period at Hamriyah Free Zone Sharjah. I gave my company 30 days' notice in writing via official email.
After 21 days of my notice period, my employer verbally told me to discontinue working and that handing over was enough. I immediately sent an email to my employer to confirm what they had advised me.
After 3 days of discontinuing work, my employer sent me an email stating that my resignation was not accepted because there was no valid reason for resigning.
My employer has not canceled my visa even though one month has passed. I have already filed a case in court and the hearing is on October 23 (which is one month after the end of my probation period, if it is 6 months long).
What can I expect now? If my employer cancels my visa after the court hearing, does my new sponsor need to compensate my ex-employer?



Oct 11, 2023
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How is the start date of work calculated in case of disagreement with the employer upong resignation?




1
Q: Hello,
I started working remotely and signed an offer letter in April 2023.
As I was transitioning from another job, my offer letter said that I would work part-time in April, and I started working full-time on May 10, 23'.
I landed in Dubai and got my employment visa and contract when I landed in July, although my offer letter was signed in April and I've been working since then.
Now, I'm resigning, but my employer is calculating my annual leave and gratuity pay from July 23' (to avoid paying my gratuity pay and deduct fewer annual leave days from my notice period).
Should my start date be counted from April 2023, since I started working in April, or from July?
They say that my April-July remote work qualified as freelance work, but we never ever discussed or put in writing any freelance contract.
Thank you,
P.





May 21, 2024
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