LEGAL ARTICLES

By Suneesh | April 22 , 2018 | 01

An employee could get 90 days of sick leaves in a year in accordance with Article 83 (2) of the Federal Law No. 8 of 1980 regulating Employment Relations in the U.A.E. “If the employee completed more than three months after the probation period in the continuous service of the employer and falls ill, he shall be entitled to sick leave not exceeding 90 days whether continuous or otherwise, in respect of every year of service. Such leave shall be calculated as follows:

a) The first 15 days with full pay;

b) The next 30 days, with half pay;

c) Any subsequent periods, without pay.

By Suneesh | April 21 , 2018 | 01

As per the UAE Labour Law, no employee could be forced to resign. If the an employee submits his resignation, the employer’s care on the upper side. In addition, the end-of-service gratuity will be less. As for the notice period, the labour law obliges all parties (employee and employer) to submit notice to each other if one wishes to terminate the unlimited labour contract; the period of notice as per the Labour Law shall be not less than one month, but both parties may agree to increase this period. The notice period shall be effective from the date of resignation or the termination of the labour contract by either party. Therefore, if the company fires the employee, the employee may claim his rights which are specified by the Labour Law and also has the right to ask the court concerned for a compensation for the arbitrary dismissal if he could prove that the company has fired him not as per the UAE Labour Law.

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