Thursday 24 March 2016

Life Time Ban in UAE (IF)!


Which acts would result in the termination of an employment contract, and result in 

the employee being banned from working in the UAE for one year?


The following acts by the employee would render the employee banned from working in the 


UAE for a year.

1. If the employee leaves his employment without a justified cause before the end of a 


specified there in the employment contract; or

2. In the case of an unlimited contract without giving one month’s notice of termination; or

3. The employee leaves his employment before the lapse of one month’s notice; or

4. The employee violates Article 120 of the Law; or

5. The employee works with another employer full/part time at the same time as working for his original employer.

These sanctions would only be applied if a complaint was filed by the employer requesting such.

I was working for a company here. I was blacklisted forever due to a theft case in 


2005. Now a company has appointed me at the Sharjah Hamriya & Jebel Ali free zone

. Is it possible that I can get an employment visa on the company sponsorship for two 
years?

Blacklisting or a ban is a legal mechanism in the UAE that prevents a resident or an


 employee from re-entering into the UAE, or from accepting any employment position with a 

new employer for a fixed period of time.

Workers and visitors may be subjected to an entry ban or a work ban, depending on what 


they have done while they were in the UAE. Blacklisting or ban could be broadly categorised

 into two types i.e. employment ban and immigration ban.

In an employment ban, A person is not permitted to work in the UAE for a specific period of 


time due to breach of certain provisions of the UAE Labour Law. An employment ban is 

usually given under the following circumstances:

A permanent ban is usually imposed on absconding employees.

A ban for a period of six months will be automatically imposed by the Ministry of Labour, in 


case if a worker has not completed two years with his current employer. An immigration ban 

is usually imposed for serious labour offences or crimes committed by person. Therefore, 

an immigration ban means that one cannot enter the UAE, irrespective of whether the 

person intends to enter as a visitor or for residency. Since you were convicted of theft, an

immigration ban was imposed upon you. Therefore, you will not be allowed to enter into the 

UAE 

.I have been working in a company here on an unlimited contract. I have resigned 

recently with 30 days notice period. I would very much appreciate if you kindly

advice 

me on the labour ban, if any, end of service benefits, and my passport which they 

kept with them.

First of all, the employer does not have the right to hold the employee’s passport without the


latter’s consent. Secondly, according to Articles 125, 131, 132,133 and 137 your end of 

service benefits are; a certificate of service (free of charges), the expenses of sending you 

back to your home country (a ticket and any other agreed upon expenses according to the

labour contract), and your gratuity would be the salary of 21 days for each year divided by 

three. Finally, Under the UAE laws, if an employee leaves a job without completing two 

years, then, the Ministry of Labour will impose a work ban for six months or for one year if 

requested by the employer (KT).


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