Question: My Dubai-based company has set very unrealistic targets for sales employees. I am afraid I will not be able to meet them. Can this be a reason for termination? Please advise if I can contest this as an 'arbitrary dismissal' if I prove that the targets were unrealistic.
Answer: Pursuant to your query, it is assumed that you are employed by a mainland company in Dubai. Therefore, the provisions of Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 on the Regulation of Employment Relations are applicable.
In the UAE, an employee needs to work diligently and improve his or her performance while employed by an employer. This is in accordance with Article 16(8) of the Employment Law, which states, “The employee shall work diligently and constantly to develop his professional and job skills and improve his performance to the employer.”
Under Article 44 (4) of the Employment Law, "An employer may dismiss an employee without prior notice, after a written investigation with him, and dismissal decision shall be in writing and reasoned, and given by the employer, or his representative, to the employee: If the employee fails to perform his main duties in accordance with the employment contract, and fail to remedy such failure despite a written investigation with him on the matter and two warnings that he will be dismissed in case of recidivism."
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