Q: Hi Sir/ma'am, I just want to ask if I can leave my boss even though I haven't finished my contract here. I've only been here for a year and one month, but I just want to go back to my country because I don't want to work for them anymore. Will I get in trouble if I leave even though I bought my ticket back to my country?

Q: I was a teacher in a private school. After two years of service, they terminated me and didn't give me the salaries of 4 months. Now, after 3 months of the termination, they're giving me the salaries after deduction of esi and without the payment of 10 cl as they promised. What should I do?

Q: Can a school terminate a teacher with a PhD degree?

Q: I am a married pregnant teacher, with a renewed contract starting next August 2025 and running until August 2026. The school suddenly stated I was not meeting their standard of lesson delivery - and I recognize it - so they said they would review my renewed contract. After stating my case to my principal and my concerns as a mom-to-be, they asked me whether I wanted to stay or not next year to see what they could offer me. The truth is I do not want to stay, as it will be an inspection year, I will be absent for 3 to 4 months to have the baby and I do not want the pressure of when I go back. However, the implication is that I would have to fly home to South America by the end of my current contract (August 2025) which will be impossible on my 37-38 pregnancy week. It seems I have to break my current contract to fly home earlier but I am afraid this will leave them free of the responsibility of giving me partial maternity benefits. I am not sure what to do.

Three new ministerial decrees containing a new set of rules for the labour market were issued by the UAE Ministry of Labour last year and came into force on the 1st of January this year. The decrees are expected to alter the contractual relationship between employers and workers in the UAE.

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.

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.

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.

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).