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3 available 3 • View allConsequences of non-renewal of visa and labour contract
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Q: Kindly advise what can I do now that my visa already expired (expiry date is 04.04.2019). I keep waiting for my boss to have it renewed as he promised it will be renewed.
The grace period is already finished and at this time, I have not received his advised for renewal yet. My labour contract is also not renewed.
I am still working with them but I feel like somebody will just catch me as at this time I know I am over-staying. Is filing a resignation and complaining to labour the solution for my situation?
I also have a credit card that I agree for a settlement a few months back, but since our salary is always delayed, the bank said they will cancel the settlement and will file a case.
How can I check if I really have a case now? Can the police just put me in jail?
Hoping you can somehow give me advice.

May 14, 2019
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Status of the expired labour contract without notice for renewal
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Q: Dear Sir,
I am presently working and my contract will finish on 12 Jan 2019. Legally, no notice was given to me nor told to renew or cancel.
How does it go if I do not renew and they don't say anything? Will it renew itself or it gets cancelled?

Dec 19, 2018
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Is it necessary to send a non-renewal notice 30 days before contract expiry?
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Q: Dear sir/madam,
My contract was finished this December 16, then I sent a letter to my company that I will not renew my contract but my company told me that because I did not notice them 30 days before, they will cut 30 days from my salary.
Is that right even I came to work and finished 6 years with my company?

Dec 19, 2021
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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 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).
Sep 20, 2021
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Federal 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.
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