DCC 89/2005
Type
Case
Court
Dubai Court of Cassation
Jurisdiction
Dubai
Taxonomy
Civil Courts, Termination of Employment, Pay, Benefits & Tax
Copyright
LexisNexis
Decision date
14 Feb 2006
Catchwords
Court – Main Issue – Unpaid Salary – Dismissal Employee - Judgment
This case involved an employee who made a claim for unpaid salary. The court based its judgment on the fact she had been dismissed and had wrongly failed to consider the main issue that she had not been paid her salary.
Background
An employee filed a case against a company and requested the court order the company to pay her 25653 AED, annual interest and the cost of a flight ticket. The employee stated that she had worked with the company for seven years but had not received her salary.
The court ruled that the company should pay the employee 15553 AED, annual interest of 5% and the cost of a flight ticket.
The employee and the company appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court changed the appealed ruling and ruled the company should pay the employee 8273 AED and 5% annual interest in addition to the cost of a flight ticket.