Failure to pay wages is considered arbitrary termination
A case at the Dubai Cassation Court has resulted in six new principles - all favouring workers – governing labour relations.
Under its ruling, the court has decided that failing to pay wages is considered an arbitrary termination of service and entailed compensation.
Also, salaries are not considered as cleared by the court unless the employer submits the relevant documents.
The ruling also found that even if the employer fails to take or finish the necessary procedures for employment, the worker still has rights and an employer’s obligations to workers should be fulfilled.
It also found that the worker’s uninterrupted service to the employer or his legal successor was considered continuous since the joining date, even if the two parties had more than one labour contract.
And lastly, the evidence of court-appointed experts can also be subject to evaluation before being used in sentencing. The court–appointed experts should meet the parties in dispute and failing to submit documents does not invalidate an expert’s report.
The six principles were issued on the wake of a case been brought to the Cassation Court.
An employee had asked a company to pay him Dh3.7m he claimed that he was entitled to.
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