Q: I filed a complaint to labor regarding 3 months delay in salary. Now my employer knows it was me. Do they have the right to terminate me or tell me not to come to work anymore because of my complaint?

Q: Dear Sir, I have not been paid salary by my employer for the past 5 months. Once I file a labour complaint, can the employer terminate my contract and cancel my residence visa? Regards

Q: Dear Sir, Good day. I would like to ask regarding my delayed salary. It is running for 3 months this May 2021. My employer and her family are saying that they are waiting for money from their client who is in the contracting business.

Q: Good day, Please help us! We are 10 staff members complaining that we have not received our salaries for almost 4 months, as of March. Additionally, we do not have any insurance since joining this company in July 2023, although we possess our visas and Emirates IDs.

Q: Hi, I'm working remotely for a company based in the UAE and the company is active (verified in NER). The company is nice but I have not received my salary for the last 3 months. Could you please answer the following questions? Is it correct that I have to put a complaint to the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratization (MOHRE) as soon as possible? What penalty can the company receive?

Q: Good day, In my contract, salary payment days are around the 30th of each month. My company delays salary payment. Now the first month, it's been 10-15 days, and until the moment I haven’t received my salary for May. Is it legal? Which legal argument I can use in this case? Thank you

Q: My company has held almost 5 to 6 months of my salary. On 16 May, my contract expired and the company refused to pay me my salary. I asked them for an update as I didn't travel to work due to lack of funds. There was no reply for 2 days and on the 3rd day, I decided to resign. They accepted my resignation after 2 days. The next day, I completed my handover process and since then I have been following up with them by visiting the company and by email. They have not provided me with the final settlement details yet with all this happening while I am in my grace period. I filed a complaint with the Ministry of Labor. The Ministry representative contacted the finance manager and they told him that the owner was out of the country. Once my grace period is over, who will pay the overstaying charges? I have not signed the cancellation and I have to stay back so that I can get all my pending salaries and EOS. Please help

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.

An interview-format article covering the topic of employment in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW. In this article, Ludmila informs readers what they should do and where they should go if they have not been paid by their employer.

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 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 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.

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.