Q: If you are fired from your job of 10 years and you have a loan, what will happen with UAE law? Can you lose your end of service benefits?

Q: My contract was terminated after four years of service and I have received the End of Service payment to my bank account, but this amount was immediately blocked. I have contacted the bank to release the amount. I also said that I want to continue normal payments of loan instalments. I still have about 24 monthly payments, but the payment is only for 9. Can the bank agree that I make instalment payments if I am no longer in the UAE?

Q: Can a bank freeze my gratuity if my new company is not listed?

Q: I issued a security cheque to my company owner for another employee loan who did not have a bank account at that time. Now, the same employee has a bank account and a cheque book and he has issued cheque against his loan to the company, to which I issued cheque before. At the back of both cheques (Issued by me and another employee) mentioned that cheques are only for security purpose against the employee loan. My owner is refusing to return back my cheque. What should I do? She is now holding 2 security deposit cheques against 1 single amount of loan.

Q: My cousin sister has taken a loan from a bank, and she has paid the instalments without any defaults. Recently, both my sister and her husband lost jobs. My sister got a new job within 1 month from the job loss, but the salary was a little lower than the previous. The final settlement was transferred by the old company to the bank which the full amount was kept on hold by the bank even the new salary is being transferred to the bank. The bank will give the amount only by 2021 when the loan is finished. My sister is ready to pay back as she has a job if she gets some money from the final settlement. She was working in the company for 12 years and her husband has no job and two children are going to school. This amount will be a relief for them. Please let me know if there is any way to discuss with the bank to release a part of the amount so that it will be a relief for the family.

س: السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته، بعد التحية! سؤالي بخصوص مدى إلزامية أن يسدد صاحب العمل مستحقات نهاية العمل للعامل عن طريق نظام حماية الأجور. هل يجوز لصاحب العمل بدلاً من التحويل البنكي للمستحقات أن يسلم شيكًا بقيمتها أو أن يسددها نقدًا؟

س: مرحبًا، أنا موجود في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة وتحديدًا في دبي. منذ فترة أجريت مقابلة عمل في شركة تعمل في مجال السفر والسياحة وتم الاتفاق على الراتب والمُسمَّى الوظيفي. كان الراتب المذكور مناسبًا وصاحب العمل أخبرني أنه سيرسل عرض العمل. مع العلم أنه كانت هناك فرصة عمل أخرى واعتذرت عنها بسبب هذا العرض. فوجئت أن صاحب الشركة يطلب مني متطلبات لكي أبدأ ممارسة الوظيفة؛ حيث أن لديه نظام معلومات بأسماء الزبائن وأرقامهم ويخاف من سرقته، وبغرض الحماية، طلب مني شيك تأمين بقيمة 100 ألف درهم إماراتي، وقال إن هذا الشيك سيكون تأمين في حالة عدم احترامي لقواعد الشركة أو اختراق بياناتها، وفي حال أنني قدمت استقالتي، فإن هذا الشيك سيبقى معهم لمدة سنة. ما رأي القانون في هذا الموضوع؟ وهل أستطيع طلب تعويض؟ يُرجى العلم أن لدي نسخة من عرض العمل.

The management of individual financial affairs is crucial and all the actions must be weighed down while committing to any financial liability. Whether it's job loss that may have lead to financial failure or the opposite, one must be aware of the personal liability which will not diminish by paying fines for cheque bounce cases. There are two major types of liabilities, criminal liability and civil liability. Each has its own significance, hence, must be dealt with accordingly.

An interview-format article covering the topic of filing an employment court case 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).