REDA HEGAZY’s recent contribution to the Gulf News focuses on the policy of unused leaves in the UAE’s Labour law.
AS PUBLISHED IN GULF NEWS
If a worker does not avail their annual leave, because the employer has postponed it due to work commitments, Reda Hegazy, Senior Associate and Arbitrator at Alsuwaidi & Company LLC Advocates and Legal Consultants, provides two scenarios that are available to a worker.
“If the employee decides not to take his annual leave because the employer requires him to work, then the said employee can either postpone his annual leave to a later date or he can request the annual leave balance converted to cash, only if the company’s policy allows such an encashment option,” he said.
“In case an employee is on annual leave and works during this period, and the employer does not object to it, then the employee is entitled to receive payment on the period he spent working”
“In case an employee is on annual leave and works during this period, and the employer does not object to it, then the employee is entitled to receive payment on the period he spent working,” he added.
To speak with the author, please contact Reda Hegazy on reda.hegazy@alsuwaidi.ae
