UAE court orders firm to pay nearly Dhs75,000 to ex-staffer after 10-year service

Al Ain Court for Civil, Commercial, and Administrative Cases  upheld a ruling obligating a company to pay a former employee Dhs74,898 as end-of-service benefits and other entitlements.

The employee had worked for the company for nearly 10 years, after which the company refused to settle his dues.

The case began when the employee resorted to the Ministry of Human Resources to amicably resolve a dispute with the company but a settlement could not be reached, so the Labor Relations Department referred the dispute to the court.

The employee then filed a lawsuit before Al Ain Court for Civil, Commercial, and Administrative Cases demanding the company pay Dhs25,000 in overdue wages, Dhs43,267 as an end-of-service gratuity, Dhs7,500 for unused annual leave, Dhs5,000 as compensation for lack of notice, and Dhs15,000 as compensation for arbitrary dismissal.

He clarified that he had worked for the company for nearly 10 years and provided a copy of the employment contract as evidence.

The court of first instance looked into the case, and the company’s representative submitted a memorandum requesting the dismissal of the lawsuit.

The court appointed an expert, and based on his report, the court ordered the company to pay the employee Dhs74,898.93. The company appealed the ruling to the Court of Appeal, requesting its cancellation and the dismissal of the lawsuit. It also requested that the employee be directed to take a decisive oath so the appeal was referred to the competent court, which approved the request for the decisive oath and the employee took the oath in the form approved by the court. Then the court noted that the decisive oath resolved the dispute and upheld the ruling.