Salary cuts in UAE amid Covid: Can they be extended indefinitely?
Ashish Mehta/Dubai
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Know your legal rights regarding an additional work agreement you may have signed.
Question: If my company keeps extending the temporary pay cut, is there anything I can do legally? I have been on a pay cut since June 2020 and we are working from home. Can the employer force us to work from office without our full salaries?
Pursuant to your queries, we assume that you are employed in a mainland company based in the UAE. The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE) had issued Ministerial Resolution No. (279) of 2020 Concerning the Employment Stability in Establishment of the Private Sector During the Application of Precautionary Measures to Control Novel Coronavirus Outbreak (Ministerial Resolution No. 279 of 2020).