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Everything You Need to Know about Limitation Period of Labour Cases in the UAE
The employer is legally required to pay the worker's wage as agreed upon
once the worker performs, prepares himself and devotes his/her time to the job
even if no work is assigned to him. The basic wage is what the worker receives
under the contract or the agreement concluded between the worker and the employer,
in cash or in-kind, whether on yearly, monthly, weekly, daily, hourly, piecemeal,
output or commission basis as agreed. In addition, the wage shall include the
cost of living allowance or any grant given to a worker as a reward for his/her
honesty or efficiency, provided such amounts are stipulated in the employment contract
or in the firm's internal regulations or are being so customarily granted that
the firm workers regard them as part of their wage and not as donations.
The basic wage shall be stipulated in the employment contract or to be agreed
upon, as the case may be. There is a need to distinguish between the general
concept of remuneration and the basic wage as the allowances are not to be
taken into account in calculating the basic wage, as opposed to the numeration.
This distinction has a significant importance when the worker's rights and
benefits are calculated by the employer. Some benefits are calculated as per
the basic wage and others are calculated as per the remuneration inclusive
of some or all allowances.
- Termination of employment relationship:
- What are the labour entitlements?
- Time bar as a general principle:
- The statute of limitations in respect of labour claims and disputes in the UAE labour law:
- Suspension and interruption of the statute of limitations period in respect of labour claims: