Court Orders Warehouse Supervisor to Repay Dh70,951 After Stock Audit

A company has taken legal action against a former employee after more than 11 years of service, leading an Abu Dhabi court to order the worker to repay Dh70,951 following the discovery of missing goods in the company’s warehouse.

The ruling was issued by the Abu Dhabi Family, Civil and Administrative Cases Court, which held the employee responsible for the amount after an inventory audit revealed a shortage in goods.

The employee had worked for the company in several roles over more than a decade, most recently serving as a warehouse goods movement supervisor responsible for monitoring stock.

The company filed the lawsuit after an internal inventory committee identified a deficit in goods valued at Dh102,807. When confronted about the discrepancy, the employee acknowledged responsibility for part of the shortage and signed a written declaration accepting liability.

The firm told the court that the employee later left the country without repaying the outstanding amount, prompting the company to initiate legal proceedings.

The court determined that the employee had admitted liability for Dh26,348 linked to the inventory shortage, in addition to an earlier unpaid amount of Dh44,429, bringing the total debt to Dh70,951.

Finding no proof that the amount had been repaid, the court ordered the employee to settle the debt. Although the company sought 12 per cent legal interest, the court set the rate at 4 per cent annually, applicable from the date the case was filed until the full amount is paid.


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