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UAE
How to preserve your rights upon resignation for salary delay
Q: My salary is delayed for 3 months. Now, I want to resign due to this reason. I am wondering if the employer is allowed to deduct anything from my salary upon leaving due to this reason. Thank you.
Oct 5, 2017
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UAE
Claiming accumulated annual leave days upon termination
Q: My employment was terminated with a proper 30-day notice by the company. I have worked 3 years 7 months and 10 days. I took 8 days per year annual leave instead of 30. Now that I am leaving, I wish to be reimbursed the unused leave. How many days unused leave can I claim according to the law?Oct 5, 2017
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UAE
The basis of the end of service gratuity payment
Q: Dear Sir/Mam, What is the labour law reference for basic salary as base computation for EOSB? We applied a fixed monthly wage before. Is that a problem? Thanks in advance.
Oct 5, 2017
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UAE
Employee obligations in a conflict of interest situation
Q: Hi, I am working for a ship management company in Saif Zone, Sharjah. My wife has her own marine certification company. If I am using my wife company as a service provider in my ship management company, and later on my employer came to know that this my wife`s company, is it considered a conflict of interest or any unlawful act.
Oct 5, 2017
1389
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UAE
Can a free zone company open its branch in another free zone?
Q: I`m a partner in a UAE free zone company with telecommunications trade license. Can I open my 100% ownership firm with the same telecommunications trade license in another free zone in the UAE? Kindly advise. If not, then what is the way out? Thank youOct 4, 2017
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UAE
Destiny of the customer's cheques issued before the closure of a company
Q: I wrote out post-dated cheques to a removal company. This company has now been closed by the DED, and their license expired in July 2017. This has not been renewed and it has all been confirmed by the DED. I cannot get my cheques back from them as there is no one to contact. I am afraid however that they are still going to try and encash the cheques, which have been made out to the company and not an individual. What do I do please? Dubai Police referred me to Dubai Court but I have not been successful with either of them.Oct 4, 2017
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UAE
Verification of a work permit serial number
Q: Hello Sir. I received a work permit from a contractor. In that work permit, the transaction number looks like INxxxxxxxxxAE. It contains 14 digits. How to verify whether it is real or fake?Oct 4, 2017
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UAE
Wrongfully accused of harassment and losing EoS gratuity
Q: Hi, I need advice. I have been working for the last 30 years, and the last 10 years were with one company. I have received termination stating harassment while requesting for a face to face check with the people, facts were not disclosed. Now, they have informed me that they`ll detain my gratuity amount which I feel I deserve. Harassment case - it was a complaint raised by few colleagues stating improper touching, which was not the actual case. Hence, received a termination for the same. Never given a chance to speak. However, I have not been such a person and have not done such a thing in overall 30 years of service. Now, gratuity has been held considering the harassment clause.
Oct 4, 2017
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Kuwait
Am I liable for the mobile service contract signed by my friend who used my ID?
Q: My friend used my civil ID to order a mobile phone from a mobile company. It is payable for six months. She paid 2 months but the mobile got broken and she asked replacement from the company. The company took the phone but did not give any replacement thus my friend did not pay her outstanding balance. Now they are calling me asking me to pay the balance and penalty. Why am I going to pay penalty and balance where in fact the mobile is in their possession? Am I getting sued for letting my friend use my ID? Note that I didn`t sign any papers from the company. They are threatening me that if I will not pay they will send police to arrest me.
Oct 3, 2017
224
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Kuwait
Can my employer prevent me from getting a new job in UAE by imposing travel ban?
Q: Dear Sir, Currently, I am working as a production supervisor in Kuwait and recently I have resigned from my job. The reason was - I got a better offer from the UAE. My current employer tried to convince me to stay here but I refused for some reasons. Now he is threatening me like "You can`t move to UAE because I am going to ban your UAE travel". Please advise me, is it possible to ban my UAE travel without any valid reason? If they made any reason what would that be?Oct 3, 2017
318
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UAE
Travel ban check after paying fines at the police
Q: Hi Sir, Good day. If a person had a police case due to an unpaid loan, and he already paid fines at the police station, will there be an automatic travel ban for the defaulter? Thank you in advance.Oct 3, 2017
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UAE
Neutral party entrusted with the belongings of divorcing couple
Q: I was requested by a couple who were leaving the UAE to retrieve their belongings, as they could not fit them into their luggage. One of them is my friend and co-worker, and the other is a Swiss national whom I only know via my friend. The instructions were to hold on to the belongings until they were able to send me an address and money to ship them to their new location in the USA. In the short time they`ve been in the USA, a string of events had led them to separate. The Swiss national moved back to Switzerland and has been making legal threats and physical harm threats to me if I do not send his belongings to him. Since the bags contain both of their belongings, I have decided to send the bags to my friend in the USA so that the belongings can be divided in front of a divorce lawyer. Does this break any legal grounds on my part? He is making threats to open cases in Dubai and the EU. Is this possible based on these grounds?Oct 3, 2017
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UAE
Can the bank request a travel ban for a client who never defaulted?
Q: Can a bank ask for a travel ban on a UAE businessman even though the owner never defaulted on any loan payments, ever?Oct 3, 2017
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Bahrain
Cyber crime and evidence to initiate a law suit
Q: A Facebook account was created in my name with my head photoshopped into a naked lady`s body and put as the profile picture. I very well know it is my husband who did this since I am going through a divorce, but I do not have the proof for it. I had taken screenshots of everything and had reported in the cyber cell as well, but no action was taken. Now, he has deleted the account. I desperately want to trace this person and get the proof as he is constantly troubling me through other means. Kindly advise what should be my next step?
Oct 3, 2017
622
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Bahrain
Time frame for raising a labour complaint in Bahrain
Q: Hello Sir, Is there a time frame after which an employer may not be able to pay indemnity?Oct 3, 2017
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UAE
Resignation during the probation period because of sexual harassment
Q: Good day, My name is Roy, and I`m a Filipino citizen working in Abu Dhabi western region as a massage therapist for 2 months now. I have a limited contract, and I want to quit now due to the unhealthy environment here in the company. This is because of the bad experience here with the management and the customers, and most customers here are forcing me to do bad things such as suck their private parts, massage their private parts, and so much more. I cant take this anymore and I want to resign because this is traumatizing me in many ways emotionally and mentally. How can I go without penalty? My manager and my boss don`t let me go and they don`t understand my fear and feelings please helpOct 3, 2017
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