ZeeLuton

And what about my bank account?

arbroath_abroad

not sure about that one as my wife had an account of her own...

someone else will advise correctly on that rather than me guessing....

good luck and dont fret, it'll be ok

ZeeLuton

Thanks mate your a star! I was nervous enough coming out here and was getting more so now i'm looking to do the frank!


I didn't even want residency since I was living in an apartment that was vacated by a colleague, didn't need a license because I have a UK DL and have good friends who would by a car for me and let me drive it ( with a temporary UAE License off course!)

I haven't even been paid my salary via bank transfer, always by cash with 1000 dirham notes,
And I subscribed to Showtime with my UK credit card....i could go on and on...

Inselaffen

I'm on my second job and have been here 1 year.
Ban was never problem as my current employer was a freezone company.

Grace O Malley

You can not work on a visit visa, by law, its illegal. Yes people do it but if you are unexpectedly inspected by the labour dept you will be fined, your employer will be fined and maybe blacklisted from getting new visas for 6 months

The labour dept in AD has been very busy for the last 6 months, i know of 3 companies that have been fined 60,000 and banned for 3 months

Even if you get a ban you can try and get it lifted after 3 months

AC

Grace O Malley

It all depends on how shitty the company wants to be with you and to what extent they want to follow the rules

Remember you have no rights so to speak of here as you do in Europe or elsewhere, this is the downside of working in the UAE, you can be fired and banned ...... reported absconded and all sorts

If you are fired normally the procedure would be for your company to notify your bank, your bank should then give you a letter to say all outstanding loans etc are paid, they should then close your bank account, you should also get letters from Etisalat etc etc to say all your bills are paid, your visa and labour card are cancelled and your passport returned to you and you get your dues

this is what should happen, now not every company goes through all this, it depends on how they want to play it with you

Dont worry you can always find ways around things here. Good luck

Eeyore

I'm fairly sure that it's illegal in Dubai for a company to retain an employee's passport against his/her will.

Inselaffen

yes but many government owned companies do so themselves.

I know Jumeirah Hotel group does.

Employment laws are a shambles here. The problems I had when I left my first company, when they broke the terms of my contract, nearly pushed me over the edge (literally)

arbroath_abroad

better tell that to the 2 previous companies i have worked for...one is a massive international company of 108,000 employees worldwide..

O/P dont worry about this, LOADS of companies do this, and in my understanding its been going on for years and the actual chance of getting caught are zero, zilch, big fat nil....




Disclaimer: dont blame me if you get 4 years in the can for it...

Grace O Malley

Yes its been going on for years but in the last 6 months there has been a huge clamp down and the labour dept are making visits so there is a big chance of getting caught and being fined and blacklisted

ZeeLuton

How can i shop my company in? Who do I report it to? How soon would the authorities respond??