Landlord has no right to cut off water or electricity supply

However, in all the above mentioned four cases, landlords must notify their tenants with reasons of eviction at least 90 days before the expiry date of the tenancy contract.

Finally, the landlord as per the Dubai Rental Law in any case has no right to cut electricity and water in the case of a bounced cheque or failure by the tenant to pay rent. What are the rights of an employee according to the UAE labour law if the employee sustains an accident at work, and what is the maximum amount the employee can claim from the employer in order to cover the cost of his treatment in such a case?

I refer the questioner to the UAE’s Federal Labour Law No. 8 of 1980 under Article No. 144, which mentions the following;

“Where a worker sustains an employment accident or contracts an occupational disease, the employer shall pay the cost of his treatment in a local government or public medical centre until he recovers or until he is proven disabled. Treatment shall include residence in a hospital or sanatorium, surgical operations, expenditure on X-rays and medical analyses, the purchase of medicines and rehabilitation equipment and the supply of artificial limbs and other prosthetic appliances for any person who is declared disabled.

In addition to what he supplies, the employer shall pay the cost of any transport entailed by treatment provided for the worker.” ■

■ Questions answered by advocate Mohammad Ebrahim Al Shaiba of Al Shaiba Advocates and Legal Consultants.