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6 available 6 • View allCan I change my job if I have a pending labour case with my current employer?
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Q: I had been working in a company for 4 years. The salary was pending for 5 months and I have made a legal complaint against the company. After the complaint, they terminated me with immediate effect.
I got another job and offer letter. After this, I have made a request for labour card cancellation.
How can I cancel my visa?

Nov 14, 2017
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Cancellation of employment visa while a labour case is running in court
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Q: Hello Sir.
I have an open labour case with Dubai Courts against my previous employer because of salary delays and final settlement dispute.
I have an offer from a new employer, and I want to know if I cancel my employment visa with my previous employer, will my labour case stay open?
Also, if I cancel my visa with my previous employer, can they force me to accept the final settlement or can I still pursue this with Dubai Courts?
Thank you

Jun 12, 2018
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My company doesn't pay me for few months. Can I work for another company?
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Q: Hi Sir,
Currently, I am working in one construction company, but they didn't pay me last four months, that's why I got an offer from another company.
Can I join them immediately? Will this make some issue on me? Should my company give me NOC?

Oct 25, 2017
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Forcing the employer to cancel the visa and take another job

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Q: Hello.
Kindly advise on the following matter.
I am employed in the free zone in Dubai. My name is in the trade license and I am registered in the company as a manager. In March, I resigned from the company.
The employer doesn't want to cancel my visa and to revoke me from the license.
Authorities of the free zone told me they cannot do anything because my name is in the license and employer has to first appoint another manager and then cancel my license.
In case they don't want to do it, I can only go to the court (they don't know which type exactly...).
How can I enforce my visa cancellation? Only by court order? Which kind of court? I have found another job but I'm stuck on the old company visa.
Please advise.
Thank you


Aug 20, 2019
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كيف تضمن الشركة التي تؤجر مساكن للعمال حقوقها في حالة إنهاء العلاقة العمالية
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س: تستأجر الشركة عقار سكني في دبي على أن تؤجر الشقق السكنية للموظفين.
يدفع الموظف قيمة الإيجار الشهري على شكل شيكات نقدية. ويتم عمل تفاهم أو تعاقد مع الموظف ليدفع فواتير الكهرباء والمياه والغاز وخلافه.
السؤال:
كيف تضمن الشركة حقوقها في حال انتهت العلاقة العمالية التي تربطها بالموظف؟

Dec 22, 2020
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I resigned properly but the old company holds my dues and visa cancellation
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Q: Dear Sir / Madam,
I am working in a Jebel Ali Free Zone company for the past 5.5 years.
Now I got a better offer, so I resigned last month and served 30 days notice period then handed over all my responsibilities.
I left there one week ago and still, the company didn't cancel my visa and they hold my settlement. Without a cancellation document, I am not able to join the new company.
Whenever I contact them they are saying different stories and keep my documents pending.
Please advise what to do.
Thanks,
J.

Feb 17, 2022
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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.
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Laws & Regulations
3 available 3 • 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.
Apr 20, 1980
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Ministerial Decree No. (765) of 2015 On Rules and Conditions for the Termination of Employment Relations 8
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.
Sep 27, 2015
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Federal Decree-Law No. (33) of 2021 On the Regulation of Labor Relations 34
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).
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The procedures for filing for divorce on mutual consent 0
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I am separated from my wife due to compatibility reasons. We got married in the Indian consulate in Dubai on December, 23rd.
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My previous employer failed to pay my gratuity. Can I file a case 6 months after resignation? 0
My previous employer failed to pay my gratuity six months past now since I resigned, Is it possible to file a case against him after a 6 months period?
May 31, 2022
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Can a real estate agency hold a percentage of a property sale until transfer is done? 0
A real estate agency has signed an MOU stating that a 10% security deposit from the buyer and the seller will be kept in the real estate agency and will be released upon transferring the property.
The transfer of the property was blocked due to the court order.
According to my colleagues, the real estate agency is not a trustee and they are not allowed to have taken my security check in the first place, is this correct?
Jun 28, 2021
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