ABU DHABI // An Arab man who left his job to join a hotel has won Dh60,000 in compensation after the hotel failed to honour his contract.
When the hotel did not live up to its end of the bargain, the man was left without a job, in breach of residence law and he failed to honour a bank agreement. He ended up being banned from working in the UAE for six months, in addition to losing the flight home he was entitled to from his previous employer.
The man brought a case against the hotel at Abu Dhabi Civil Court, claiming compensation for the moral and material damages resulting from the hotel’s breach of the employment agreement.
The hotel argued that its breach of the agreement was a result of the man’s inability to work in the UAE for six months and that he did not sign the employment contract or step forward to take up his post.
It also said the employment procedures require obtaining specific approvals, licences and visas, as well as undergoing a medical examination, all of which the man failed to do.
The Court of First Instance ruled in favour of the hotel.
However, the man appealed and submitted a document showing his signature on the employment contract along with the electronic correspondence between both parties to the Court of Appeal. The emails prove that he notified the hotel of his resignation, of his last day at his previous job and of the cancellation of his residence permit.
The Court of Appeal then ruled in favour of the Arab man and told the hotel to pay Dh60,000 to him for the material and moral damages he suffered from losing his livelihood, as well as the expenses he has incurred in suing the hotel.
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