DCC 93/2009
Type
Case
Court
Dubai Court of Cassation
Jurisdiction
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Taxonomy
General Employment & Labour Law, Pay, Benefits & Tax, Civil Courts
Copyright
LexisNexis
Decision date
19 Apr 2010
Catchwords
Employment Cases – Litigation procedure – Court – Labour Department
This case involved litigation procedures for filing a labour case. Complaints must be first made to the labour department which then refers the case to the court if the parties cannot settle a dispute. This case was correctly rejected as the employee had made a complaint directly to the court.
Background
An employee filed a case against two employers and requested the court order them to pay 229.333 AED.
The court rejected the case because the employee had not followed the correct legal procedures.
The employee appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court upheld the appealed ruling.
Decision
The employee appealed the ruling before the court of cassation and stated in his grounds of appeal that the ruling had erred in the application of law because he had made a complaint to the Labour Department after he had filed the case in the labour court which meant that he had not followed the legal procedures.