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Latest post on 21 January 2016 - 13:34

I love my maid, she is very trustworthy, takes great care of my kid, she is very clean and polite. Long story short, ever since my kid started nursery and she is left alone almost all day, I could tell she became a bit irritated than usual and in the past two weeks I feel she has been slagging in her job a bit. Then all of a sudden she came to me one morning and told me that she will not renew her contract this year and that is her final decision. When I asked her about the reason, she told me the stupidest story ever (Family fight and they know where she works and so she wants to move to another employer IN DUBAI so that they cant find her as she doesn't wanna be bothered by them cuz they know where she works!). I am extremely confused. I have been nothing but so generous with this woman, treated her like an absolute family member, gave her frequent bonuses, bought her generous gifts, paid vacations whenever we travel (which is a lot), I have only one child and the house is relatively small so its not that the job is this overly tiring for her. I had a talk with her yesterday and told her that she shouldnt leave for this reason and that she should leave only if she is unhappy or similar (where she said that she is VERY happy). I def sense something fishy but really worried about going through the cycle of getting a new maid...etc especially that I work for long hours and my husband is barely here. Any advises? Let her go? Negotiate with her to stay? If she is adamant that she wants to leave then you have no choice but to put her on a plane and let her go. Her story sounds very fishy and you may never get the bottom of it. You could try and talk to her again however if he mind is made up then sadly there isn't anything you can do as she is entitled to leave. If she does finish up with you I would make sure she gets on the plane and doesn't hang around Dubai trying to find another role I agree. I think her story was crafted so she has a blessing from me to find another employer in Dubai/UAE after her contract is done, which I shut down immediately. While I know letting her go is the right thing to do, I am also dreading searching for a new one especially with my very demanding job. :-( I also think she will def resist getting on a plane after I cancel her visa. I think her plan is to stay and work for someone else so I am also worried about this whole phase of cancellation/her trying to persuade me to keep her in Dubai...etc. Any useful advises? She is a live out. Give immigration a call or go and meet with them, they will give you the correct advice. Legally as she on a maids contract she is allowed to stay here and look for work, when her cancellation is done You will have her PP to do the cancellation and you have to take her to the airport and make sure she leaves if she doesn't she is still your responsibility until she has a new visa. I do not think she has a choice in this matter legally Does she have a maids contract with you? Once the cancellation is done, employee can demand the passport and you have no way to ensure their travel. I was also believing like Sarah mentioned. Any employee can go to the Dubai court, report that their passport is held up. They will issue a letter by the court to the employer to release the passport immediately. This letter is then taken to local police station. Police then calls the sponsor and asks them to come to police station and handover the passport to its owner with due procedure. I asked the same question. Am I not responsible for her till she exits? or where she travels to? Police said NO. How will I know she left the country or not? They said, take her passport copy and get status report from any DNRD office. If she has overstayed, ONLY then you report her absconding. There is a cost involved in reporting absconding as well. Which I didn't have to do, luckily. Hope this helps. Very good to know! Well actually you all helped me more than I anticipated! I guess I was shocked/emotional that she wanted to leave after all the retention efforts I have done with her. But then at the end of the day we have a contract, and when its finished and she has been more than good in honoring it, then I need to let her go if thats what she wants. The only thing I believe is that she hasnt been very direct with me, and actually lied in the weirdest way. I also think that going to her in April and just agreeing with her on what will happen next openly and honestly would be the best way forward. Hope all will go well.

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Latest post on 21 January 2016 - 10:52

I love my maid, she is very trustworthy, takes great care of my kid, she is very clean and polite. Long story short, ever since my kid started nursery and she is left alone almost all day, I could tell she became a bit irritated than usual and in the past two weeks I feel she has been slagging in her job a bit. Then all of a sudden she came to me one morning and told me that she will not renew her contract this year and that is her final decision. When I asked her about the reason, she told me the stupidest story ever (Family fight and they know where she works and so she wants to move to another employer IN DUBAI so that they cant find her as she doesn't wanna be bothered by them cuz they know where she works!). I am extremely confused. I have been nothing but so generous with this woman, treated her like an absolute family member, gave her frequent bonuses, bought her generous gifts, paid vacations whenever we travel (which is a lot), I have only one child and the house is relatively small so its not that the job is this overly tiring for her. I had a talk with her yesterday and told her that she shouldnt leave for this reason and that she should leave only if she is unhappy or similar (where she said that she is VERY happy). I def sense something fishy but really worried about going through the cycle of getting a new maid...etc especially that I work for long hours and my husband is barely here. Any advises? Let her go? Negotiate with her to stay? If she is adamant that she wants to leave then you have no choice but to put her on a plane and let her go. Her story sounds very fishy and you may never get the bottom of it. You could try and talk to her again however if he mind is made up then sadly there isn't anything you can do as she is entitled to leave. If she does finish up with you I would make sure she gets on the plane and doesn't hang around Dubai trying to find another role I agree. I think her story was crafted so she has a blessing from me to find another employer in Dubai/UAE after her contract is done, which I shut down immediately. While I know letting her go is the right thing to do, I am also dreading searching for a new one especially with my very demanding job. :-( I also think she will def resist getting on a plane after I cancel her visa. I think her plan is to stay and work for someone else so I am also worried about this whole phase of cancellation/her trying to persuade me to keep her in Dubai...etc. Any useful advises? She is a live out. Now you showed her that you won't let her find another job, you have no choice but put her on a plane asap. To be honest: she already found another job, as all maids tell each other to make thier work bad and slack off thier duty- so the employers let them go!!- The family feuds are a very stupid excuse for the real reason: she have another job waiting... To be honest; I hate such shabby excuses like that! The lies and all this really irritate me. Again that you not me, if you are happy to let her" find " a new job let her do, but don't give her more than the month as per dnrd... Or you can always get her on a plane to her home country.... Thats whats getting into me! Why the **** does she need to lie? and why does she need to leave in the first place! Well her contract doesn't end until April so I guess she is stuck until then and her job offer needs to wait..

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