{
  "id": 11825138,
  "title": "What are the penalties for sponsoring an employee who isn't working for the company in the UAE?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/what-are-the-penalties-for-sponsoring-an-employee-who-isnt-working",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T02:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/ask-gulf-news/what-are-the-penalties-for-sponsoring-an-employee-who-isnt-working-for-the-company-in-the-uae-1.500697482"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Question: I am an employer. An employee is sponsored under the company’s residence visa but is not actually working for the company. The question is what penalties may be imposed on the company in such circumstances, and which authority has jurisdiction to impose such penalties? Answer: There are two potentially applicable legal provisions, depending on the circumstances of the employment…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}