![Indian nationals residing in Oman, wearing face masks due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, queue with their luggage at the check-in counter at a terminal in Muscat International Airport ahead of their repatriation flight from the Omani capital, on May 12, 2020. (Photo by MOHAMMED MAHJOUB / AFP)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/4CLWNLLNQKYCVBM4UQKD4T2LPM.jpg?smart=true&auth=be7d962d64ff1df60e5beea26e55f64d01383ebcc6c7011b400d1e910ac6f982&width=400&height=225)
It is standard practice for a company to pay for a repatriation flight when they terminate an employee's contract and they leave the country. AFP
It is standard practice for a company to pay for a repatriation flight when they terminate an employee's contract and they leave the country. AFP
‘Can my ex-employer ask me to pay for my repatriation flight?’
The terminated employee’s exit from the UAE was delayed because of Covid-19, but he got another job
Keren Bobker
03 October, 2020