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Claiming deducted salaries from the employer

Q: Good morning, I have been working for a consultancy firm as a civil engineer/ limited/ 12000 salary. My company is not paying me since December 2018 and deducting 3000 from my salary every month since June 2018. I was on a parenting leave for 10 days in Feb. 2019. After I came back, the company asked for my passport. I refused. They stop my work and payment until the time of this question. Please guide me considering the minimum time required: how will I get my payments and rights? I am waiting for your kind reply, please.

What to do if your employer refuses to cancel your employment visa?

Q: Hello Mam, I just want to seek help. I am working in a company for almost 5 years now and decided to join another company. I have already served my notice period and now when I ask them about my cancellation, they started to ignore me. Now I cannot join the new company because my previous company is holding my cancellation. Kindly advise what is the best thing to do?

Cash embezzlement case and its consequences

Q: Dear Sir, One of my friends did cash embezzlement in a company and he returned the full amount also but now the company filed a Tawafuq complaint. What will be the scenarios of the penalty? The passport is with the company and he got terminated. Their Tawafuq hearing is on Saturday. Please advise.

المطالبة بإرث الجد بعد فترة طويلة من وفاة الأب

س: تحية طيبة للإخوة المحامين أسكن في بلد أجنبي وتعرفت من خلال الصدفة بشخص سوري الأصل مولود هنا ولديه أعمام في يحملون الجنسية في لبنان وهم من كبار الملاكين ورجال الأعمال حسب معلوماته المحدودة، كونه لم يلتقي بهم سابقاً. والده كان أيضاً يحمل الجنسية اللبنانية وتوفى سنة 1982، لكن لم يتسن له إبلاغ عائلته عن أي أملاك من ميراث الجد الذي كان أول من أتى إلى لبنان وحصل على الجنسية. لدى هذا الشخص معلومات ضئيلة بأن لديهم حصة من ميراث قديم، ولكن ليس لديه أي معلومات عن ملكية أقاربه في لبنان وكيف آلت إليهم. هل من طريقة يمكن للمحامين التوصل إلى خيوط في القضية؟؟

متعثر بسداد قرض لمؤسسة إماراتية وملاحقته في السعودية

س: كنت قد أخذت قرض في الإمارات من مؤسسة مالية قيمته ٤٧٠٠٠ درهم وغادرت الإمارات. أريد أن أذهب إلى السعودية. هل سيكون هناك منع أو أي ملاحقة هناك لأني أريد أن أسافر للعمل لكي أسدد ديني؟ وللعلم أيضاً، كنت أعمل في السعودية لمدة عام قبل السفر للإمارات.

مطالبة شركة تحصيل لبنانية بتسوية دين بطاقة ائتمانية سعودية

س: حصلت على خروج نهائي من السعودية قبل أربعة أشهر و سافرت إلى بلدي لبنان، مع العلم أن علي بطاقة ائتمانية بقيمة 59000 ريال لبنك (----). خلال الأسبوع الفائت، تم الاتصال بي من قبل مكتب محاماة في بيروت. أنا الآن لست بوضع يسمح لي بالسداد حتى ولو قام البنك بتخفيض المبلغ المطلوب. أرجو إفادتي عن قضيتي. هل من الممكن أن تتحول جنائية أم ستبقى مدنية؟ و ما هو وضعي القانوني إذا لم أتمكن من الدفع. مع الشكر.

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Termination without notice for making a salary complaint

Q: I worked in a company for more than 5 years. I was terminated (with notice period) after I made a salary complaint. The labour researcher said it might not be arbitrary dismissal because I`m on an unlimited contract, saying any party may terminate the contract as long as there is notice period. So I didn’t push for it. We haven’t settled my gratuity yet, but they want to deduct my lates and absences. As of now, I`m just assuming they want to deduct all my lates and absences from my joining date until my last day. I admit that I have many lates and absences (sick leaves) in my entire employment with them, but they never issued any written warning or imposed any fine as disciplinary actions - they didn’t deduct anything on my salary following every incident. Is it legal for the company to deduct lates and absences on my gratuity? Can they count the lates and absences from my joining date until my last day? Or only for the past few months, or 1 year, or start on my latest renewal date? Thank you.

Decrease of house allowances

Q: Can my boss decrease my house allowances? I signed the contract almost 2 years ago. The contract says they shall give me 250 BHD for house allowances but the situation at work changed and I have more duties and responsibilities now than before. They didn`t increase my salary or change my contract but we did a verbal agreement. We accorded they will pay 425 BHD for the house allowances. Everything was fine, they did it for 1 year and a half but yesterday the new manager told me they are going to stop to do it because in the contract it says only 250 BHD. Is that legal? After being doing it for a long time, can they change it like that? We have proof that the company is the one paying the house, also the house contract is in their name. Thanks in advance :)

What to do if you have a problem with your sponsor

Q: Salam Alaykum, My former kafil (sponsor) allowed me to transfer to another kafil and I paid to the new kafil SAR 5,800 but until now she did not renew my residency and she holds my passport too. Please advise what can I do? Can I file a case against her? Thank you for helping me.

Liability of the company to pay End of Service

Q: Who is in charge of my End of Service gratuity if the company which is an L.L.C. is not able to pay it because of financial issues?

Possible action for delay in payment of credit card installments

Q: Dear Sir, I have one credit card in a UAE bank from 2015. I was paying the minimum instalment every month but for 5 months, my salary is delayed and I wasn`t able to pay more. The total outstanding is AED 60000. Please let me know what action can the bank take and give me some soloutions. Thanks.

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Consequences of a deportation order in the UAE

Q: Hello Madam, My name is M., I was employed in Dubai at one of the construction companies from 2006 to 2008. The days of the recession were hitting Dubai and companies not increasing salaries, due to that, labours made a strike and the company complained to the local authorities. So the authorities kept us in jail for 4 days and deported us from jail to India with taking our eye scan in the jail (we received our full settlement in the jail in front of authorities). I want to know, do I have a travel ban in the UAE? Can I enter the UAE through a visit visa? Can I get a work permit in the UAE?

Credit card debts and consequences in the UAE

Q: Madam, I have one credit card in a UAE bank from 2015. I was paying the minimum instalment continuously every month but for 5 months, my salary is delayed. I want to know what action can the bank take against me. Thanks.

Refund of an off-plan property payments for delay in delivery

Q: Salam, Hope you are very well. I am writing this email to understand the current law for off-plan properties in Dubai. I started an agreement with a developer in Dubai in 2016 4th quarter. The developer promised to deliver the project by June 2019. Currently, the project is only 23% completed. When I saw the project is being delayed, my payments were delayed too I paid around 40% of the unit price. Now I received an email/letter from the developer on the final Legal Notice, or they would cancel my unit. Does the developer have such rights even though its a big delay from there end? If they cancel my unit, what % of my total paid money will I be refunded from them? I would appreciate your detailed and kind response in this matter, please. Thanks

Returning to the UAE with a debt in at the time of leaving

Q: I had to leave the UAE in 2015 due to losing the job and left a debt of AED 275000. I have a new job offer with a better salary now. I want to know if I can come back and pay monthly to the banks.

Clearing debts to avoid legal action of a collection agency

Q: Dear Sirs, I have checked online to seek legal advice and came across your site. I have lived in Dubai for a few years and returned to Beirut in 2009. I left back then during the financial crash that happened and had some unsettled debts with banks. Since then, I have communicated with the banks and settled most of my debts a few years ago but I still have some pending. In the past few days, debt collectors here in Lebanon have been calling and harassing members of my family threatening that they are about to file a lawsuit against me regarding unsettled debts in Dubai. They have never contacted me personally. I would please like to know what my options are here and how I can make them stop harassing my family or any other person in regards to me. I tried to communicate with them but they are not helpful at all. Currently, I am unemployed and I can`t pay back till I get another job and I`m being threatened with prosecution! Would really appreciate hearing back from you with any advice.