UAE: Housemaid runs away, recruitment firm told to pay Dh21,000

Abu Dhabi - Recruitment agency refused to part with cash for breach of contract

The Al Ain Court of First Instance has ordered a recruitment agency to pay Dh21,000 as refund and compensation to a UAE resident after her housemaid ran away before the six-month probation period was to elapse.

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The Arab employer had paid Dh14,000 to the recruitment agency for the housemaid.

The housemaid worked for a few months and then ran away in breach of the employment contract for domestic workers in the UAE.

The agency refused to part with the cash for the breach of contract. Neither did it provide the employer with a replacement for the runaway housemaid, the employer stated in her lawsuit.