Q: Dear respected lawyers, A friend of mine, one of the accountants employed in a Company, has admitted to his Company of taking more than 300,000 AED over the past years by adjusting his net salary in the payroll file. The amount of adjustment is reflected in a hidden row in the payroll file. The payroll files he prepared were still approved by HR and accounting supervisors...etc. because they did not do a detailed review of individual payroll credits. The Company has now decided to do an investigation excluding him and came up with other amounts they claim he had also taken, but which he has refused. He is currently trying to negotiate with the Company to give him a chance to pay back the amount which is a valid claim while the Company is still considering whether to file a case in court or not. If the Company decides to file a case, what is the probable penalty he may face? Length of jail time and fines? While the Company is still considering, what can he do to avoid having the case filed in court?

Q: Dears Please note I am stuck in a cash embezzlement case with my company for 44k and I made a written confession about this and will return the amount. My cheque and passport are on hold with the company. One more colleague of mine is involved in this case and he confessed for 204,000. If he doesn't pay, will that affect my agreement? Can the company retract the agreement and case against me? I made some payments to the company and I have the proof of payments. Now the company wants to audit the amount. If there's any difference, they will ask me to sign a new contract which I don't want to because I have not taken that amount. If the other colleague who is involved also doesn't accept.the difference amount, what will be the scenario? Please advise

Q: Dear Madam, I am S. from India. I am working in a logistics company taking care of both Sales and Operation. Due to some unforeseen situation, I have used my customer's money which I was supposed to pay the company. Since it is a huge amount, I couldn't repay fully to my office and started giving AED 5000 every month as the customer paying the company. Now, our management came to know about that and suspended me. They're asking me to pay the balance full amount of AED 73,900 within 7 days, or else they will go for legal. What should I do now and I am not in a position to repay such a huge amount. What will happen if they go legally?

Q: Hii I have been working in a company for more than 1.5 years in sales and there were two transactions from the client that I took into my friend's account, as we usually do sometimes to make a commission from the customer. But I returned the whole amount to the company which was 64k and I have a receipt of 40k but I paid 24k in cash. Then after 2 months, I resigned from the company for some personal reasons. I was the performer of the company and they won't let me go then they started investigating me when they knew about these transactions, but they used it against me in the police and court as well. They did not have any proof or evidence to prove that they hadn't received it, so they took an oath of AED 24k. Now, the court has passed the judgment for 24k and I need to pay now. There is yet a police case that is in prosecution but I am scared of what can be judgement in that scenario as per your experience. Kindly revert

Q: I have a misdemeanor case and we won in both the first court and the appeal court. I want to understand what the procedure in the cassation court will be like. Will it be the same as the appeal court? Will the cassation court go over each and every piece of evidence like the appeal court? Or will the judge look at it only if there is any misapplication of law? How much time does it typically take in the court of cassation?

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.

This Law promulgates the Federal Penal Code (Criminal Law) of the United Arab Emirates. Crimes and chastisement punishments shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this Law and other penal codes.

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).

The provisions of this Federal Decree-Law No. (31) of 2021 Promulgating the Crimes and Penalties Law, known as the "New UAE Penal Code", governs criminal actions in the United Arab Emirates. The New Penal Code repeals the previous UAE Penal Code (Federal Law No. (3) of 1987 Promulgating the Penal Code).