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Change and its subsequent adaptation is the need of the new era. Every industry is following this trend not only to stay in business but to reap greater profits. Those business setups that fail to incorporate recent developments, inventions, or novel methods suffer in terms of customer retention, company reputation, profit margins, and even survival. Therefore, like all the stakeholders of the services industry, the owners of law firms in dubai strive hard to keep up with the innovative trends in technology, legal services, and effective customer management. Changes in the client's demand and need trigger the requirement for an improved client facilitation system. Hence, credible law firms in dubai are constantly studying the customer's demand patterns. Firm owners analyze this pattern to upgrade, add, or eliminate their work approaches in providing effective legal solutions. Moreover, constant improvements are vital for ensuring a quality output in terms of customer servic...

THE OLD FORMAT OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS: The relations between an employer and an employee are regulated by the Federal Law No. 33 of 2021, called the UAE Labour Law. Previously, the Federal Law No. of 1980 regulated labour relations. The law defines the rights of employees in detail and prohibits the exploitation of employees by their employers. The law also forbids all types of discrimination. There are two categories of labour contracts under the Dubai employment law. Unlimited Contract: The unlimited contract has a starting date but does not have an ending date. It is a long-term contract that can be terminated with a mutual agreement between the employee and the employer with a notice of termination given 30 days before the termination. Limited Contract: The limited contract has a precise starting and ending date. Usually, the fixed term in the case of a limited contract is two or three years. In the case of foreign nationals, the term of the contract is usually dependent on an ind...

Role of lawyers in Dubai to safeguard Whistleblowers A Whistleblower is a person who discloses wrongdoings in an organisation by reporting insider information. Whistleblowing is beneficial for regulators and governments and is usually beneficial for organisations as well. Whistleblowing is usually encouraged and there are many laws and regulations to ensure that whistleblowers are protected and do not face any negative consequences as a result of reporting wrongdoing or illegal activity. Whistleblowing usually results in the exposure of financial crimes. Dubai Centre for Economic Security (DCES) works to decrease financial crimes in Dubai. People who provide information to the DCES regarding financial crimes are protected under the Dubai Law No. 4 of 2016 on Financial Crimes. Additionally, as per article 19, if a person reports a crime to the DCES, their freedom and security is guaranteed and no legal or disciplinary action can be taken against them. Despite the laws and regulations ...

Deceptive Commission-based Fee Policy of Collection Agencies The decision to hire an agency for doing debt collection dubai comes along with a lot of responsibility on part of the credit issuer. The lender needs to evaluate the collection agency on some pre-decided domains to attain the desired results. The first principle to avoid any fraudulent collection companies is to have a realistic approach while gauging their vision, and tempting deals. Don’t get swayed away by their flattering yet fruitless procurement promises They might tend to lure you by offering you mightily and demanding close to nothing. Telling their clients that they will only get a portion of the owed money if they are able to succeed in getting it back from the debtor is a tempting but dangerous deal. It eradicates the motivation to procure the outstanding bills on behalf of the credit-issuing client since it is a question of dependency. Such agencies vow to charge a commission fee only if they’re able to get the ...