UAE: Unpaid workers receive wages after intervention of mobile labour court
Résumé
Date indiquée: 1 Jul 2019
Lieu: Émirats arabes unis
Autre
Not Reported ( Secteur non communiqué/applicable ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Lieu inconnu - Secteur inconnu , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Wage TheftRéponse
Response sought: Non
Mesures prises: The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department dispatched a mobile court to the workers' accommodation which convened government officials, including those from the Abu Dhabi Labour Court where the Court resolved the collective dispute. The Court ordered the employer to pay workers' delayed salaries immediately. It is unclear whether the ruling has been enforced.
Type de source: News outlet
"UAE mobile court makes employer pay workers' salaries on the spot ", 1 Jul 2019
Judicial authorities in Abu Dhabi have resolved a dispute between a number of workers and their employer which had resulted from the delay in paying their salaries. Using the mobile bus court, a special team from the Abu Dhabi Labour Court and other officials went to the workers' accommodation and managed to settle the dispute "very quickly" [ensuring] that all the workers' pending salaries were... the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) said on Monday that it has conducted awareness campaigns targeting 22,000 labourers... aimed at teaching workers about the UAE laws and their legitimate rights at work.