Dubai: On September 27, 2020, President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan issued a federal decree law, amending some of the articles and clauses in the federal law that deals with cases of issuing of cheques and bounced cheques - Federal Law No. (18) of 1993 Concerning the Commercial Transaction Law.
What are the changes to the laws governing bounced cheques and how will they affect the payer and the payee of a cheque that is dishonoured? Here is all you need to know.
While Federal Decree Law No. (14) of 2020 is quite detailed in the amendments that will be made to certain provisions of the Commercial Transaction Law, Gulf News spoke to legal experts to find out what the biggest changes are to the laws governing bounced cheques, that will affect the majority of the UAE’s residents.
Dubai: Not reporting to work in the UAE or taking leave without providing your employer with a valid reason won’t just cause problems in your professional relationship, it can also land you on the wrong side of the UAE’s labour laws.
Employees who fail to turn up for work for seven or more consecutive days, or more than twenty non-consecutive days (in one year) without informing the employer, violate Article 181 of the UAE Labour Law, which allows an employer to terminate a limited contract in such cases.
Jihene Arfoui, in-house legal adviser at Danube Group, spoke about the situation where the matter of an absconding employee is mentioned. There are two regulations in the Labour Law that come into play when cases of an absconding employee are considered: