Know Your Rights - What To Do When A Work Contract Is Bad

Reader recently arrived in Dubai but is unhappy with the job offer

Dubai: If you have accepted a job offer but are unhappy with the final contract offered to you, what are your options to refuse the job contract? This was the query raised by a Gulf News reader.

The reader asked: "Can I refuse to sign a contract with an employer who has put me on a visa and not willing to agree with me on the terms of the contract, and not receive a ban? Someone invited me from my home country to work with her. So, when I came, she immediately put me on a three-year visa, forcing me to sign a three-year limited contract with her, with a basic salary of Dh650 and other horrible conditions. So I decided that I will not sign such a contract and she wants to cancel the visa so that I can go back to my home country since she is very angry. Thus my worry is that can she probably put a ban on me after cancelling the visa if she wants. Is it legally possible?"