Overview

• The Abu Dhabi First Instance Court delivered its June 20 ruling requiring the company to pay AED110,400 for four months and 18 days of unpaid salary.
• The unnamed employee had signed a fixed-term contract on November 11, 2024, with a basic monthly salary of AED7,200 and total compensation of AED24,000.
• Judges found that repeated delays in allowing the employee to begin work were caused by the employer and lacked any documented justification.
• The employee’s admission of eight days’ leave was deducted from the total before finalizing the amount owed.
• The decision invokes Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 and Article 912 of the Civil Transactions Law to underscore that wages are a worker’s right and must be paid on schedule.