Q: Hi. I had been working in Dubai for a certain LLC company for more than 5 years and recently resigned. When I got the cheque for my dues I noticed in the calculation that they deducted visa expenses from it. Is this correct?

Q: Hi I'm resigning from my current company. But I'm worried because there has been an incident regarding a payment from a customer some months ago. The company is a leasing company. The incident involves a tenant who is working under a company that pays for his housing provided that all necessary docs are submitted to them. One of the docs needed is Tawtheeq or the documented tenancy contract in AUH which has some errors/differences from his last year's Tawtheeq. Due to that, the tenant's company refuses to pay our company the rent which is around 35000. My company is blaming me for this and they said that I should pay for the loss. The tenant paid from his own pocket 20,000. So there is a difference of 15000. Can they claim from me this amount once I resign? Will I be obliged to pay it before they can cancel me? Or have any grounds on filing a complaint against me? What are the legal bearings of this if any? I'm under Unlimited Contract started 10/01/21. It's my 1st contract with them but it is my 2nd job in the UAE.

Q: Hello, I'm structural detailer/draftsman. My employer terminated me last Nov. 30, 2020, due to some mistakes of work. But now more than 1 month already he doesn't want to cancel my visa and he told me to go back to my home country without cancelling my visa. Otherwise, he will file a case against me due to my mistakes and he wants to deduct the cost of rework and material scrapped from my settlement (AED 15k of total cost) due to my mistakes. Hope you can help me and give advice on what to do in this situation. Thank you in advance.

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).