Pensions & end of service: UAE case law

A claim over an employer's failure to register a worker for pension is a labour dispute needing prior referral

A court must itself determine the correct legal characterisation of a claim from what is actually sought and the legal basis on which it rests, whatever kind of liability or provision the claimant invokes. A former employee's claim for sums arising from…

Under the 2021 Labour Law, compensation for unlawful dismissal is limited to the two cases in Article 47

Article 47 of Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 confines compensation for unlawful dismissal to two cases: dismissal because the worker made a serious complaint to the Ministry, or because he filed a case against the employer that proved well founded.…

A worker paid out under an employer retirement savings plan cannot also claim statutory end-of-service gratuity

A worker may not combine benefits under a retirement, insurance or similar scheme with the statutory end-of-service gratuity; he may only choose the scheme that gives the larger amount. Where the employer has paid the contributions to the scheme, the…