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19 March 2024

Fired staff to stay in company home till given dues

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By Mohammed Al Sadafy

A sacked employee has the right to stay in the accommodation given by his employer until all his end-of-service dues are settled, the Dubai Court of Cassation has ruled.

The Dubai Court of Cassation ruled that if the employer has provided housing to the employee, and if the employee is asked to vacate the house on termination of employment, the employee has the right to remain in the accommodation provided by the company until his employer has paid all his dues, or until the employer deposits the dues at the Department of Labour.

The court’s verdict was based on Article 131 of the amended Labour Code No. 12 of 1986.

When an employment contract ends, it must be ensured that the employee’s dues and air ticket for return to his homeland are not withheld by the employer.

The law gives the employee the right to continue to stay in the accommodation provided by the employer for a maximum of 30 days, the court said.

The court established this new legal principle when it considered a labour case brought by a regional director against her company which had terminated her services after 16 months of work.

The plaintiff demanded that the company pay her three months’ salary for wrongful termination and Dh25 ,000 in vacation allowance and others.

The plaintiff said in her lawsuit that she had contracted to work for the company according to an indefinite duration contract on a monthly salary of Dh77,000.

She said she was surprised when the company sacked her.

The Court of First Instance ruled that the company should pay Dh326,000 as dues to the plaintiff. Both parties appealed the verdict.

The Court of Appeal amended the verdict of the Court of First Instance. 

It ruled that besides the compensation for unfair dismissal, the company must pay interest to the plaintiff at the rate of nine per cent per year on the compensation from the date of the verdict.

The company challenged the verdict of the Court of Appeal before the Court of Cassation which issued the above legal principle.

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