UAE Firm to Pay Candidate Over $145,000 As Compensation for Axed Job Offer

UAE Firm to Pay Candidate Over $145,000 As Compensation for Axed Job Offer

An Abu Dhabi firm has been told to pay Dh540,000 in damages to a budget and planning manager after making him resign from his previous job for a two-year employment contract that never materialised.

Upholding the verdict of a lower court, the Abu Dhabi Appellant Court ordered the company to pay the compensation amount to the man after finding it guilty of breaching the terms of the employment contract. The court ruled that the manager lost his source of income from the previous job after his resignation in preparation for joining the new position.

Official court documents showed that the complainant filed a lawsuit against the company, seeking compensation for the "material and moral damages" he suffered.

The employment contract stipulated that the man would hold the position of director of budget preparation