70 thousand dirhams fine for a company did not pay the salaries of its workers

The Abu Dhabi Court of Cassation rejected the appeal of a company accused of failing to pay workers' wages and supporting the court of appeal's decision to fined 70,000 dirhams.

The Public Prosecution, in the event that it was criminally liable for the crimes committed by its employees, was not obliged to pay the wages of its workers on time, and was required to be punished in accordance with article 65 of the Federal Penal Code.

The Abu Dhabi Court of First Instance had convicted the company of the charge and fined it 70,000 dirhams and was charged with court fees. The company appealed and the appeal court upheld the appeal and ordered the appellant to pay the due court fees.

This judgment was not accepted by the convicted company. The appeal was filed and the amount of the insurance was deposited. The amount of the insurance was requested and the appeal was accepted in form and in the matter by revoking the contested judgment. The Public Prosecution presented a memorandum of opinion concluding at the conclusion of the appeal.

In its ruling, the Court of Cassation explained that the text of article 160 of the Code of Criminal Procedure states that a person who is guilty of a felony or misdemeanor punished by a fine other than himself must attend the trial proceedings himself. As such, the charge against the offender was a misdemeanor punishable by a fine, It is clear from the papers that the appellant company did not present its legal representative before the court of first instance and before the court of appeal, but attended by its defense, and therefore the judgment in fact is in absentia, not as the court described as wrong in alhadduri.

The Court pointed out that the text of article 244/1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides that an appeal against a veto may only be made in the final judgments rendered by the courts of appeal, since, as long as there is a normal way of challenging the judgment that may be annulled or modified, Before resorting to appeal against the veto, which was not legislated by the legislator, as an unusual way to challenge the provisions except on specific terms to avoid errors in the final judgments alone, and the company has appealed to the ruling is not final, and therefore the appeal is not permissible, and ruled the Court not to challenge and oblige The company fee is legally due and sourced Managing the insurance amount.

The appeal may only be made in final judgments issued by the courts of appeal.