mohre.gov.ae Labour Card Cancellation Procedure : United Arab Emirates

Organization : Ministry of Human Resources & Emiratisation
Facility : Labour card cancellation (Death) Procedure
Country : United Arab Emirates

Website : https://www.mohre.gov.ae/en/home.aspx

Labour Card Cancellation :

Service Information :
** Service Sector/Department – Labour Sector – Assistant Undersecretary for Labour Affairs Office

Related : e-signature Card Issuance United Arab Emirates : www.statusin.org/27393.html

** Service Classification – Supplemmentary Service
** Service Type – Procedure

** Service Description – It is a service provided by the Ministry to any establishment to cancel the labour card of a worker due to death

** Target Audience – Employers
** Required Documents – Death certificate

Where to Apply :
Applications shall be printed and submitted at service centers “Tas’heel”, or through establishments participating in the Ministry’s e-forms program.

Terms And Conditions :
** That have established an electronic signature card
** The worker shall first cancel his/her residence visa in the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs or its affiliated centers

** Relation of service with other service
Ministry of Interior – General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs.
Service Limitation – Private

** Working Hours
Service centers “Tas’heel”
From Saturday till Thursday
From 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
** Number of Transactions – 5,427 Transaction

FAQs :
1. In case the employer has no contracted work (i.e construction work), is the employer entitled to stop & suspend the employee without paying the salary, or to send the employee on vacation for a period of more than a month?
That is not permissible and is considered a violation to labour law and in case the employee agrees, he/she is also considered as a violator.

The employee is supposed to notify the Ministry of Labour relations department that he/she has been suspended from duty, not later than 3 months from the suspension date.

2. Does the employer have the right to dismiss an employee, who for example takes more than his/her annual leave credit and was absent for more than two months, immediately after the employee resumes his /her job?
Yes, since the days that exceeds the balance of annual leave is considered as absence. As stated in the labour law, article (120);

In case of the absence of more than 7 days, the employer may dismiss the employee without warning, unless there are force majeure circumstances that prevents the employee from resuming his/her work in time after completion of the annual leave days.

3. How is the overtime calculated? Is it upon the basic salary or the gross salary?
The overtime is calculated upon the gross salary (basic salary + the agreed allowances) and the employee is entitled for overtime with an increase of not less than 25% of that wage.

In case the overtime is performed between the hours of 9 pm and 4 am, then the employee ought to be paid an increase not less than 50 % of that wage.

4. Does the employer have the right to refuse my annual vacation despite me completing one year of service with him?
Yes, the employer has the right and he/she can decide when the annual leave starts. In addition, the employer can (in a very critical business situation) divide the annual vacation period into two and transfer the remaining days to the following year.

5. How is the End of Service Remuneration calculated? Is it according to the basic salary or to the gross salary?
The End of Service Remuneration is calculated according to the last paid basic salary only, without any allowances.