Q: Aslamulaikum, I have a query, I am on my husband's sponsorship and was working in Dubai with one company. I joined in May 2016. Employer made me sign the employment contract in May itself but did not make the labour card. So I worked with only that contract until finally after chasing the employer made the labor card in October 2016. I worked that 4 months without the work permit. Now as they terminated my employment in March and did not give any right to me I have filed a case in the court against them. I want to know is it legal if I submit my May Contract in the court as my starting date of work. Will it cause trouble for me? Because I want to fight the injustice that happened to me. Please help. Thank you.

Q: I overstayed in Dubai just because of my ex-employer negligence, after failing to proceed my visa stamping on my passport. My ex-employer issued only a pink copy visa for me. Although I had informed my ex-employer that time was too short and begged to complete the visa process, but unfortunately, he could not do so. My 10 months' salary is also pending at their side, so I don't have money to pay off my immigration overstay fine. But in spite of all the hardship, I went to the immigration department at Al Aweer to waive off my fine. I was trying to avail any sort of discount to clear my overstay status, but the immigration department did not listen to my full stance and sent me to the temporary immigration department, and gave me 2 days to arrange AED 20000 as my fine. I said to them I have only AED 10,000 and they refused to take it. Now, my previous company paid the fine. Just let me know if I can come back to Dubai and if there's any chance to recover my pending salary.

Q: I have joined a company which have provided me with a work visa, however, they have not yet shared the labour contract. When I try to check online I am unable to find details while entering my passport details. Could you please help? My offer letter says that I am on a six months probation period.

Q: Hello, Actually, I got a job in the UAE and right now I am working in a private company. Anyhow, I signed the labour contract without reading that because they didn't give me time to read it. But we forgot about that. Now I got the visa from the employer. I have mailed to my owner and management to send the labour contract copy of mine, which I signed already. But they are saying, it's confidential I can't send it by mail or anything. If you want to see that labour contract come to the Dubai office and check that. Right now I am working in Abu Dhabi. They are not even paying also. Could you please give me some idea? Is it a fact what they said, that sending a labour contract is confidential?

Q: In case you don't know if your contract is limited or unlimited due to your sponsor not giving you your employment contract, what do you do?

Q: Dear sir/madam, I joined a new company in the UAE. One of my cards is still not approved to do work in a specific area so the company asks me to stay in a room after joining. I am still waiting for more than 50 days and the company is not paying me a salary. I asked them to give me work somewhere else and pay me, they are ask me to wait. Can I get my salary legally for the period in which I'm staying in the room as per their instructions?

Q: Hello, What legal action can I take in case the employer refuses to pay my salary and I don't have a contract with them?

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.

According to this Decree, tentative approval to admit a foreign worker for the purpose of employment in the UAE cannot be granted until an Employment Offer that conforms with the Standard Employment Contract is duly signed by the employee and presented to the Ministry of Labour.

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 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).