Clarification regarding increasing wages and obtaining compensation for overtime in the United Arab Emirates.
The following is an inquiry that was received from a reader: When I signed the employment contract in a private entity, the employer promised me that he would increase my salary later, and he also promised that he would give me a financial reward for "overtime," without proving this in the employment contract. Not a single one of these promises has been fulfilled up until this moment, after five years of working for the same company.
Would it be within my legal rights to request a raise in my income and to be compensated for working overtime?
The legal advisor, Dr. Yousef al-Sharif, confirmed that the legal rights regarding the salary increase are fixed in the employment contract. This is due to the fact that the job offer ends its effect by concluding and signing the employment contract. It is assumed that the reader has signed more than one employment contract over the course of the past five years during his tenure of service with the employer. However, none of those contracts guaranteed a salary increase, but he signed them anyway. As a result, the lesson is in the value of the salary to prove that increase. However, in the event that this is not the case, there are two options available: either not to renew and leave work or replenishment with the same salary.
Overtime allowance
Regarding the overtime allowance, you have the right to claim it if you can demonstrate that you were assigned to work outside of the specified working hours, holidays, weekends, holidays, and official events, and that you actually did the work at those times. Additionally, you must specify the number of hours and days off that you worked in order to determine the value of the allowance.