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ASK THE LAW 
A guide to the legal system in Dubai and the UAE. Ask the Law gives readers the chance to put their questions to Gulf News’s own Emirati lawyer.

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Ask the law What is the law regarding taking paid annual leave?

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What do I need to do to avoid job ban?

Under what conditions can a wife sponsor her husband?

Service benefits

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What is minimum amount a worker can be paid in gratuity?
 
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Worker in free zone faces ban despite working more than four years

Employment

No objection certificate

Job change

Signature needed to cancel labour card

Holiday leave entitlement

Entitled to NoC?

Time off refused

How to avoid job ban?

Can I leave new job?

Salary transfer dispute

Not given notice

Will wife pay fine?

Working 11 hours daily

Encashing tickets

Working for other firms

Boss refusing visa fees

Ramadan hours ignored

Sacked but given NOC

Firm asks for visa fees

Will I get one-year ban?

Legal notice period

Fined for no labour card

Ban lifting fees

Overtime dues

Employer wants me back

End-of-service query

Employer won't pay dues

Salary dispute

Change in licence

Fired after 10 years

End-of-service benefits

Is job loss covered?

Is job ban legal?

Am I exempt from ban?

Do I need an NOC?

Allowance has been cut

Medical test

Absconding

Labour contract

Overtime

Firms must pay benefits

Gratuity

Free zone job

Resignation

Basic salary

Employment visa

Sponsorship

Notice period obligatory

Woman sponsor

Employment visa

Resignation

Termination

Work-related injury

Banned in UAE

Company partnership

Maternity leave

Is contract valid?

Do I need an NOC?

Not giving me my dues

Notice period query

How long is job ban?

'Forced to resign'

My job title was incorrect

Illegal pension plan

Unhappy at work

Employer must pay salary as indicated in labour contract

Contract of employment may be for limited or unlimited period of time

Sick leave dues not paid

Quitting your job

Disciplinary code at companies

Six-month ban

Gratuity pay

Cancel work visa

Travel expenses

Employment offer

New job

Drunken worker

Deductions

Maternity leave

Minimum working age

False commitment

Salaries

Limited period contract

Resignation

No increment in 13 years

Service benefits

Renewing employment contract

Rules of limited contracts

Bounced company cheque

No objection certificate

Non-payment of salary

Firm cannot deduct waived debt from employee's gratuity

Delayed salary

Restructuring of company

Indemnity pay

Show lawful reason to resign

Resignation

New labour contract

Health compulsions

Forced resignation

Change in employer

Designation

Visa status

Work permit

Certificate

Return of Educational Documentation

Termination of employment contract

End-of-service dues

Resignation

Job transfer

Labour card cancellation

Unfair dismissal

Maternity leave

Annual leave

Latecomer terminated

Extention of probation period

Contract terms are valid

What are Friday work rules?

Asked to resign

Probation period

'Firm wants me to work in UK'

Resignation refused

Reported as absconder

'I was labelled an absconder'

Working hours

Shortchanged

Lost labour card

Labour rights

Sponsorship issue

End-of-service benefits

No liability for debts

No pay for the period of suspension

Unpaid debt

Sponsorship is transferable

Ramadan overtime

Basic salary and allowance

Opting for business over job

Working under a visit visa

Holding passports

Changing companies

Partner sponsorship

Possible previous bans

Proving staff were paid

Approach Ministry of Labour regarding unfair dismissal

Severance benefits

Refused NOC

Pay calculations

Absconder notice

Workers creating trouble

Unfairly terminated

Resignation refused?

Job contract unsigned

Switching jobs on a limited contract

Salary woes

Partnership problems

Signing of non-competition clause

What holidays?

Working on Fridays

Annual leave

No right to violate contract

Compensation

End of service

Do I need an NOC?

Maternity rights at work

Compensation for dismissal

Arbitrary dismissal

Leave days

Employer's refusal to pay

Working illegally

Wait for visa expiry before changing jobs

Firm violating terms

Quitting during probation

Compensation for dismissal

Termination of employment

Probation period

NOC not needed for public sector

NOC eligibilty

Leaving a job

Salary cut is a breach of limited contract

Seek amicable solution

Probation period

Working ban

Vacation doesn't count as notice

Arbitrary pay cuts

Probation

Jurisdiction

Staff on GCC visa bound by UAE rules

Maternity pay

Leave in Lieu

Medical test bill

Can ban be lifted?

Emergency leave

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Firm not kept promises

Minimum gratuity sum?

I got a better job offer

Notice period advice

Facing free zone ban

How do I avoid job ban?

Sacked but no NOC

Housing and rent

Sharjah late rent payment

Lease agreement woe

Tenants told to vacate shops

No water supply

Can I get deposit back?

Who does rent cap cover?

Sub-letting is illegal

Illegal rent rise

Rent increase case

Rent increase annual

Setting rent conditions?

Maintenance fees

Renovations to villa

Premises must be 15 years old to evict tenant and demolish it

Tenancy contract becomes invalid after expiry of term

Sub-leasing to sub-tenants

Extension of lease agreement

Rent hike

Hotel rates

Demand for more rent

Rent tripled

Remote area benefits stipulated

Tenancy contract expired

Rental issues

Tenancy contract query

Reimbursement of advance rent

Property value refund

Extended notice period

Name change of tenancy contract

Developer demanding payment

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Company accommodation

Passports and visas

Oman visit visa

Marriage certificate query

No birth certificate

Sponsor withholding passports

Who pays visa expenses?

I want to go back home

How can I transfer visa?

Fired but passport held

Passport being withheld

Returning on visit visa

Absconder in error

Amnesty query

Hiring part-time help

Visa deductions

Can I teach part-time?

Can I move?

Can I sponsor my wife?

How to sponsor a maid?

66-year-old wants visa

Firm demands visa fees

What ban have I got?

Visa cancellation

Visa transfer

Wife sponsor husband?

I want to transfer visa

Labour contract

Visit visa

Rectify residency status

Bringing my wife

Wife unable to return

Sponsoring family

Re-enter to the UAE

Ex-wife's visa ran out

If eyes scanned at airport you may not enter UAE again

Sponsorship

Duration of ban

Visa transfer

Cost of visa

Contract needed for share sale

Sponsorship

Ban threat

Border exit stamp essential to prove visitor left the UAE

Retention of passports

Mission visa

Expat residency

Indefinite ban

Visa not cancelled

Investor visa

Obtaining the rights

Tourist permits

Mission visa status

Visit visas

Residence visa and studies

Visa cancellation

Visa costs

Husband's sponsorship

Employee passports

Resident visa

Changing residency

Guarantor to collect passport

Society

Passport guarantor

I'm still waiting for a divorce

Blank cheques

Bills out of control

Marriage query

Court for custody

Can't see my children

Who pays for ruined car?

Lending money

Receiving compensation

Alimony

Filing case against abuse

Jumping a red light

Court

Old cheques

Paying off debts

Degree verification

UAE Driving Licence

Cheque problems

Children's interests sacrosanct

Bounced cheque

Loan repayment

Getting into driving school

Credit card insurance

Pursue loan guarantors

Divorce and marriage

Labour rights

Mother can be sent to prison

Man needs treatment abroad

Dues during maternity leave

Official holiday rights

Cheque query

Husband's duty

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