My boss canceled me and they give me absconding...

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According to the article 128 of UAE Labour Law states:

“Any non-national employee who absents himself from work without lawful reasons prior to the end of the contract for a limited period, may not take up employment elsewhere even with the consent of the employer for one year after the date on which he absented himself from duties. And no other employer who is aware of that may employ or keep such employee in his service during such period.”

Please note that filing an escape report is an obligation
The time frame to report an absconding is 3 months term.
As a restriction, the employee can get ban preventing him to stay and work in UAE.
In accordance with Article 120 of Labour Law, absconding without informing or communicating with an employer for over 2 months, can cause a termination of an employee without notice:

“An employer may dismiss a worker without notice if the worker absents from his work without a valid reason for more than 20 non-consecutive days, or more than 7 consecutive days in a year.”

This has been said, the absconder can face preventive measures and can be arrested till the decision in his case.
The legal procedure to consider absconding case is an investigation and further court judgment.
Upon the judgment, the offender can be deported from the country with the following lifetime ban.

But,
An employee may cancel an absconding report if he can prove his presence at work while he was reported absconding,
Or has a valid proof for his confinement to the hospital or jail during that period.
Permit to get seek leave, medical report, confirmation of vacation can become a background to discharge absconding.
Existence of dispute between parties and registered complaint in the labour authority can effect the decision on runaway report in favor of employee.

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