An employee demands a company for 309 thousand dirhams in late salaries since 2012

The Abu Dhabi Labor Court settled a dispute between an employee and a company, due to late salaries owed to the plaintiff for his period of work with the defendant company, starting from 2012 until December 2025, in addition to warning allowance, vacation allowance, and end-of-service bonus. The court ruled to oblige the defendant company to pay the plaintiff an amount of 251 thousand and 461 dirhams.

In the details, an employee filed a lawsuit against a company, demanding that it be obligated to pay him his late salaries from 2012 until 2025 in the amount of 309 thousand and 296 dirhams, a warning allowance in the amount of 15 thousand and 700 dirhams, an end-of-service bonus in the amount of 87 thousand and 832 dirhams, and an annual leave allowance in the amount of 8250 dirhams and fees and expenses, indicating that he works for the plaintiff company. He has been on it for about 13 years, with a basic salary of 7,500 dirhams, and a total of 15,700 dirhams. He was dismissed and did not receive his dues, while the agent of the defendant company submitted a reply memorandum in which he argued that the right to salaries had been forfeited by statute of limitations.

For its part, the court explained, in the merits of its ruling, that what is established from the worker’s wage report, the employment contract, and the documents submitted and attached to the case management system is that the plaintiff was associated with a work relationship with the defendant under an indefinite contract from the date of October 2012, noting that according to the decision of the law regulating labor relations, “a lawsuit claiming any of the rights resulting under this decree law shall not be heard after two years from the date of the end of the work relationship, unless there is a reason for cessation or interruption,” and then the plaintiff’s wages for the period will be from The date of 10/1/2012 to 9/1/2024 has completed the statute of limitations, and is subject to the annual statute of limitations, and there is no reason for stopping or interruption, as the declaration based on it relates to vacation allowance and a ticket, while the statute of limitations does not apply to salaries claimed from the date of September 1, 2024 to December 16, 2025, and the court rules to reject the statute of limitations in this regard.

The court indicated that the employer is not absolved from paying the salary except by written evidence or by declaration or oath, and by referring to the wage records, it was found that the defendant company paid the plaintiff some salaries partially, for the period from September 1, 2024 until the end of service on December 16, 2025, while the payment of several months was not proven, including periods in the years 2024 and 2025, in addition to missing amounts from some months, and the plaintiff is entitled to his late wages for this period. In the amount of 140 thousand and 453 dirhams.

The court granted the plaintiff his right to a warning allowance in the amount of 15,700 dirhams, as a result of termination of service without notice, and an end-of-service bonus in the amount of 87,808 dirhams, after calculating a period of service exceeding 13 years, and an annual leave allowance of 7,500 dirhams. In return, the court rejected the request for travel tickets, considering that they are due only during the validity of the employment relationship, and the court ruled in the presence of the defendant company to pay the plaintiff an amount 251 thousand and 461 dirhams, and all other requests were rejected and the defendant company was obligated to spend expenses within the amount of the ruling.