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LIST: Offenses that can get you terminated from your job in UAE

Employers in the UAE may enforce the long list of rules stipulated under the UAE Labor Law which protects the rights of both employees and employers.

Be it about performance, work ethics, or even simple workplace etiquette, not following written policies may result in termination, or worst, in being banned from working in the country depending on the degree of offense.

Article 120 of the Labor Law states that an employer may dismiss an employee without notice in any of the following cases below. Make sure to avoid these to avoid losing your job.

– If the worker adopts a false identity and submits of falsified or forged documents and certificates.

– If the worker is engaged on probation and is dismissed during the probationary or on its expiry;

– If the worker makes a mistake that had substantial effects on the employer or the company. The employer, however, has to report the event to the Ministry of Labour within 48 hours of its occurrence.

– If the worker disobeys instructions respecting industrial safety or the safety of the workplace, on condition that such instructions are in writing and have been posted up at a conspicuous place and, in the case of an illiterate worker, that he has been acquainted with them orally;

– If the worker does not perform his basic duties under the contract of employment and persists in violating them despite the fact that he has been the subject of a written investigation for this reason and that he has been warned that he will be dismissed if such behavior continues;

– If the worker reveals any secret of the establishment in which he is employed;

– If the worker is finally sentenced by a competent court for an offence involving honour, honesty or public morals;

– If the worker is found in a state of drunkenness or under the influence of a drug during working hours

– If, while working, the worker assaults the employer, the responsible manager or any of his work mates

– If the worker does not report from his work without a valid reason for more than 20 non-consecutive days, or more than seven consecutive days, in any one year.

Source: Ministry of Labour

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