Abu Dhabi court obligates company to pay Dhs230,310 to employee in unpaid wages and gratuity

The Abu Dhabi Labour Court of First Instance obligated a company to pay Dhs230,310 to an employee who had worked for it for more than 21 years without being paid his dues, which consisted of his salaries for more than 28 months end-of-service gratuity and annual leave allowance.

The employee filed a lawsuit against the company in which he requested the court to obligate it to pay him back salaries for 28 months and 10 consecutive days amounting to Dhs138,905.

He also requested that the company pay him Dhs2,925 in annual leave allowance, Dhs113,400 in end-of-service gratuity for about 21 years and Dhs14,996 in recruitment or employment fees.

The court explained that the employee was entitled to Dhs123,750 in delayed salaries, Dhs960 in annual leave allowance.

As for the end-of-service gratuity for the employee’s service period, which totaled 21 years and 20 days, the employee is entitled to Dhs105,600 for his service that had exceeded one year, given the company did not provide anything to contradict the employee’s statements or prove he received the end-of-service gratuity.

The court indicated that the documents did not include anything that would prove that the employee had paid the recruitment or employment fees or that the company had deducted the amount of recruitment or employment fees from his salary without justification. Hence, the employee’s request for recruitment or employment fees must be rejected.