Q: Dear sir/madam, Annual leave salary calculation as per the new labor law. Can you please clarify the correct annual leave salary rules? Some say it is basic + HRA for the month you will take off, others say it is full salary, and somewhere I read it is basic + HRA (annual leave salary) plus the normal salary you get. Can you please clarify? Thanks for your valuable time and kind assistance!

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, Today, I received a notice of termination under Article 115-Redundancy. My contract in JAFZA began on October 10, 2020, and the end date is October 10, 2023. I need your help to understand if the term "month" refers to 20 or 30 days and if payment will be based on basic salary or full salary. Regarding my termination, they have mentioned the following payments: - Salary until April 12, 2023. - Salary in lieu of the notice period. - Three months' salary as compensation for early termination. - Leave encashment until April 12, 2023. - End of service gratuity until April 12, 2023. - One-way air ticket for repatriation to my home country, only if I exit the country. As per their request, I signed the acceptance on the notice document and returned the company phone and laptop. I would like to know if it is possible to file a complaint for any additional compensation as this termination has caused me financial distress, especially since I have to pay monthly installments to the banks for the next four years.

Q: I have a loan from a bank and I have changed my job, the bank is holding my end of service. It's been 4 months now and my new salary is transferred to them and I never defaulted on a payment. what to do? Noting that my new salary is higher than the old one but the bank is claiming that my new company is not registered with them and rejecting to release the amounts. P.S. The original loan amount is 550K (including interest) balance amount to be paid is 380 K and my EOS is 195K.

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, For a DIFC employee who resigns and has an untaken leave balance, what are the options? Can we ask this employee to take the leave in addition to the notice period? Are we obligated to pay for the untaken leave, or can this be considered lost?

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.

Three new ministerial decrees containing a new set of rules for the labour market were issued by the UAE Ministry of Labour last year and came into force on the 1st of January this year. The decrees are expected to alter the contractual relationship between employers and workers 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).

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.