Q: Hello A DIFC based company I work for hasn't paid 5 months worth of salary, plus business travel expenses. The total so far is around AED 700K. In addition, if I leave the company, there will be the gratuity and pay-in-lieu of unused vacation. The company is offering me post-dated cheques (cheques are in the name of the company, the signer is the group president and one of the shareholders). I am trying to get cheques above AED 200K (because if the cheques bounce it is a criminal charge, right?) 1- What are the consequences for the company and the owner if the cheques bounce? Will the signer face prison and travel ban? 2- How do I raise a complaint about the bounced cheques? Which police department or government authority I need to go to? 3- If the signer says the company doesn't have money to cover the cheque, because the company is not generating revenue or has many assets, then what happens? does he get away with it? Or goes to prison and faces a travel ban? Much appreciated Rick

Q: Dear all, I have a matter going on about unpaid gratuity and salaries. My employer wants to pay my dues (gratuity and salaries ) with post-dated cheques (PDC). They offered me 6 cheques. What happens if they don’t pay the cheques? Is it safe to take a cheque from my employer against my dues?

Q: I have worked in a contracting company for 2 years as a supervisor. During the pandemic, the company faced problems with payment and projects. That time, my visa also expired and I told them that I will not renew it because I need to get back to my home country. Meanwhile, the company is facing some financial issues and they assured me they will clear my dues later and I agreed to get post-dated cheques. I have 4 cash cheques dated 28.10.2020, 28.11.2020, 28.12.2020, and 28.01.2021 which all are cash cheques but unfortunately, still one single cheque didn't pass because of insufficient funds in an account. I have been asking my boss politely for paying for the past 8 months. In the beginning, he behaved normally and asked me some more time but now he is telling me that because of me, some projects got problems and he didn't get payments. Now I am in India and I have some medical issues for which treatment is going on. Presently I can't come to the UAE to fight with him. Is there any way to get my money back? Please help me to get my money back. Thank you!

Q: I raised a cheque execution case against a company and its owner and won. There is a travel ban on him. I was receiving installments for three months and now he stopped paying. The court after request summoned him. In total, he paid only 30% of the owed money. I found that his company license is expired and also in the month his visa will expire. Does he have any option to avoid payment? Please note he was deceived by showing no money in his bank account and no assets in his name but he is running multiple businesses. Also a month ago, he tried to convince me to lift the travel ban but I refused to do so. But he submitted a guarantee and left UAE. Now the status shows he is back in the UAE and the travel ban imposed again. But after that, he stopped payment. Is there a 1% chance of him not paying me the remaining money? Is there a way he can leave the country through the Amnesty program or any of this sort?

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