Firm owners should play ‘active’ role

ABU DHABI — Owners of companies have to personally supervise their business and avoid acting as sleeping partners so as to avert violations related to the country’s labour laws, advised Engineer Mohsen Al Awlaqi, owner of an Abu Dhabi-based maintenance company.

By Ahmed Abdul Aziz

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Published: Mon 13 Aug 2007, 9:08 AM

Last updated: Sun 5 Apr 2015, 1:55 AM

The businessman’s advice came shortly after18 workers filed a complaint with the Ministry of Labour (MoL) against the maintenance company, claiming that they were not paid their salary for the past three to seven months.

Al Awlaqi claimed that he was away during that period and was not aware that the employees were not paid their salaries. Speaking to Khaleej Times, he said, “It is not true that the employees were not paid for more than five or six months. The salaries were late for just one month and I pledged at the MoL to clear all dues.”

Owners and partners of many companies don’t pay attention to partnership obligations inviting trouble related to labour violations, Al Awlaqi admitted. Explaining the salary problem, he said: “My relative who was managing the company passed away and only then I came to know about the pending salary problem. I mainly handle legal responsibilities for the company.”

He said he was ready to give the employees a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) to allow them, if they wished, to transfer their sponsorship to another company.


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