Q: Good afternoon, I am a doctor working in Dubai. I am on a 2-year contract which is due to expire in 5 months. In the interim, I want to apply for another job, for which I need an experience letter from my present employer. However, my present employer is refusing to give me a letter saying that it is company policy not to issue a letter if the purpose of the letter is to apply for another job. Is it consistent with the UAE labor law to refuse to give employment letters to employees before the end of the service? Thank you!

Q: My whole salary including allowances in my contract is 4800 AED, my employer provided me with a salary certificate that states that my salary is 6000 AED. Is that fraud? And if so, to whom should I report this? And what is going to happen to the employer? Note, I have used this salary certificate to get a credit card but I have never used it, and I cancelled it.

Q: I am a doctor in Dubai. I joined a clinic from April 2019 to date. When I joined the clinic in April 2019, my visa was not renewed with the new clinic because I had already a valid visa with another company and I was not able to cancel my visa as that company was sealed and closed. The visa was changed only in January 2020 after the previous company cleared all their dues. Now I asked my current employer to issue me an employment letter/experience certificate for my CV/profile update (On Dataflow). HR has issued me a letter with dates from January 2020 to date, but my actual experience is from April 2019 to today. The employer says that this experience certificate can be used as a legal document to file a case against them that I worked without their visa from April 2019 to January 2020. Can you please guide me if this experience letter (for the purpose of my CV and Dataflow) has any legal consequences? And what can we do in this situation? I will greatly appreciate it. Thank you!

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, Can I file a legal complaint regarding my employer not providing an experience letter?

Q: Dear Lawyers, Am I eligible to get an experience certificate from my employer even if I have resigned from the company? I have been working here for 3 years now, but HR is saying that because I have not completed my second visa, they will not provide the experience certificate.

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.

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