Obligating a company to pay 56.4 thousand dirhams as an end-of-service bonus to an employee

The Abu Dhabi Labor Court of First Instance ruled to oblige a company to pay an employee an amount of 56 thousand and 416 dirhams, the value of the end-of-service gratuity for a period of work amounting to seven years and 51 days.

In detail, an employee filed a lawsuit against his former employer, demanding that it be obligated to pay him an end-of-service bonus worth 80,000 dirhams, in addition to the legal interest of 12% from the date of filing the lawsuit until full payment, and obliging the defendant to pay the fees and expenses, and that the ruling include immediate entry into force. Without bail, a partner and manager of the defendant presented a reply memorandum with copies of documents attached.

For its part, the court explained that what is stated in the employment contract, which was presented by the company, is that the plaintiff’s total wage is 25 thousand dirhams, and the basic wage is 10 thousand dirhams according to the employment contract, and that the employment relationship began on April 15, 2020, and not as the plaintiff claims that it began on the first day. From December 2013.

The court said that the plaintiff did not initially provide proof and legal proof of the date he claims, and the case file was devoid of anything indicating that, and the relationship ended with the plaintiff submitting his resignation from work on March 13, 2021, according to his acknowledgment in his statement of claim and the defendant’s acknowledgment in her response memorandum, and during the consideration of the case he submitted The plaintiff submitted to the court documents, including a translated letter of commitment attributed to the defendant, dated January 1, 2020, in which she pledged to transfer all workers from one of the companies to the defendant company, Upon reviewing the plaintiff’s contract, signed on January 21, 2014, it was revealed that he was one of the employees transferred to the defendant company, and therefore the plaintiff’s period of service amounted to a total of seven years, one month and 21 days, indicating that the defendant did not provide anything that contradicted the plaintiff’s statements, nor did she provide anything Proof of receipt of end-of-service gratuity.

The court ruled in the presence of the defendant to pay the plaintiff an amount of 56 thousand and 416 dirhams, and obligated her to pay expenses within the limits of the amount decided. The court ordered that the ruling include immediate enforcement without bail, and rejected all other requests.

. The plaintiff submitted to the court a letter from the company, dated January 21, 2014, in which it pledged to transfer all workers from one of the companies to the defendant company, and stated that he was one of the transferred workers.