UAE | Crime
Furniture seller ran illegal centre
An educational psychologist has discovered she had been working for a sponsor who was actually licensed to sell furniture and not to run a special education centre following a labour dispute.
- By Bassam Za'za', Senior Reporter
- Published: 00:44 April 4, 2008
Dubai: An educational psychologist has discovered she had been working for a sponsor who was actually licensed to sell furniture and not to run a special education centre following a labour dispute.
The European educational psychologist, who worked for the special education centre from where she claimed she was "arbitrarily dismissed", said she received "the shock of her life" after she discovered that she had been working for someone whose trade licence was to sell furniture.
The Labour Court is looking into the lawsuit in which the woman is claiming her former employer pay about Dh35,000 in entitlements plus legal interest.
Bad work conditions
The claimant mentioned in her lawsuit that she was hired to work for a centre that develops children's learning capabilities and intelligence.
She said she was experienced in coaching children with special needs who require development of their behavioral skills.
During the period she spent working for the plaintiff, the educational psychologist discovered that the centre had not obtained the necessary approval from the Ministry of Education to operate such a centre. She claimed that the commercial licence allows her employer to sell furniture.
She claimed, in her lawsuit, that the employer forced her to work eight hours instead of six during the month of Ramadan - about 58 hours without pay - and to work overtime without pay plus the fact that she used to collect her salary late.
The educational psychologist also claimed that her labour card was kept in her employer's possession and that she was improperly treated at work.
Moreover, the complainant sent an e-mail to the management in which she pointed out certain shortcomings and weaknesses at work and suggested some developments concerning the work performance. Instantly following her e-mail, the woman was dismissed.
"The employer dismissed me arbitrarily thus violating Article 122 of the Labour Law. I was dismissed unfairly and without any previous notice or without one month's salary as per the Labour Laws," said the claimant in her lawsuit.
Compensation
The educational psychologist is claiming about Dh13,000 for her unpaid monthly salary, about Dh17,000 for arbitral and instant dismissal without previous notice, some Dh4,000 of which were deducted from her salary, plus an estimate of Dh1,000, which was deducted from her salary for missing one day of work.
The employer treated the woman's e-mail as a resignation letter and accused her of falsifying some details concerning her professional experience in her curriculum vitae.
The woman dismissed these claims in her lawsuit and claimed that she tried to resolve the dispute amicably before going to court, but her employer repeatedly avoided her.
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