Q: Hi, Good morning. Please advise how many annual leave days a person is eligible in UAE? Is it working or calendar days? Our company is off during Friday and Saturday and I wanted to take annual leave on Thu (Dec.20) and I will rejoin on Dec. 23 (Sunday). How many annual leave days should be deducted from me? Another scenario, if I went for annual leave from Dec. 20 (Thu) until Dec. 23 (Sun) and will rejoin on Dec. 24, how many days should be deducted from me? Thank you so much for your help.

Q: An employee has worked for 1.5 years. He had taken only 30 days of annual leave in these years. He has been terminated. How to calculate his unused leave salary?

Q: Dear Madam. My JAFZA Employment Contract is an unlimited free zone contract. My services have been arbitrarily terminated on 09 Dec. 2018, and after having served the 90 days paid notice period, my tenure ended on 08 March 2019. I am now in the process of finalizing my end of service benefits, and there is a clarification required in regards to the basis of computation of the benefits. Queries are as under. Leave pay due to termination: I have 25 days unutilized leave which I intend to encash. What is the basis of computing the value of this leave pay? Would it be on the basis of: a.) gross monthly salary (which includes the latest basic salary + housing allowance + transport allowances) b.) or on the basis of latest basic salary + housing allowance c.) or on the basis of just the latest basic salary? Could you please clarify and provide me with the correct latest updated UAE Labor Law article ref. # 79 for the correct interpretation of the basis of calculation for the above leave pay.

Q: My limited labour contract will expire on 24th January. I don't want to renew my contract. My 2 month notice period also ends on 24th January. I have one month of accrued annual leave still to take, but the company has not given me leave during my notice period according to the UAE law. Let me know if this is acceptable or not. Can I get 1 month leave salary without taking the leave? I have completed my 2-year service, so am I eligible for gratuity?

Q: Could you please advise the leave salary calculation for the below scenario: - Leave Due 02/04/2020 - Leave availing from 07/05/2021 - Salary till 31/12/2020: AED 4,500 - Increment Received from 01/01/2021 and new salary amount AED 5,800

Q: As per the company advice, I resigned from the service. I was a senior accountant of the company from Jan 2018 onwards. I have not received any kind of benefit like a leave salary yet. My labor contract shows 1200 Basic salary + 300 (Allowance), but I have proof of actual salary receipt to my account. Please help me with a solution if they will not give any benefits (gratuity, leave salary "03 yr 05 months", airfare).

Q: Hi Madam, I have an 80-day annual leave balance in my company. I am still working in the company. As per the UAE labor law, can I encash my leave salary? I requested my company for 60 days leave encashment. The company says that as per the UAE Law, there is no encashment. Is it true? If encashment is available, how to calculate my leave encashment? For my personal issues, I can't go on vacation. I can't take local leave also. Please advise me! Best Regards,

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, For a DIFC employee who resigns and has an untaken leave balance, what are the options? Can we ask this employee to take the leave in addition to the notice period? Are we obligated to pay for the untaken leave, or can this be considered lost?

سوف نستهدف هنا الوصول إلى كيفية احتساب مكافأة نهاية الخدمة بما يتماشى مع ما نص عليه قانون العمل في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة وما دأب عليه القضاء فيها، إضافة إلى طرح تعاريف الألفاظ التي أوردها القانون، للوصول إلى نتيجتين: الأولى؛ ما هو الأساس الذي تحتسب عليه مكافأة نهاية الخدمة، والثانية؛ كيفية احتساب حدها الأقصى.

The UAE has adopted a major reform in its legislative system that brought about 40 new laws and amendments to the company law, criminal law, personal status, among others. The amendments aim to develop the legislative structure in various sectors, the labor law being one of these, was the most recent. We try in this article to shed light on the changes introduced with the new labor law and their significance on both, the employer and employee.

I believe that there is a similarity between medicine and law, and just as there is a way to ask a question to a doctor to get the most accurate and correct answers from him, which ultimately helps you receive the correct diagnosis, and therefore the correct treatment, there is a way to ask a lawyer.

The provisions of this Law, known as "UAE Labour Law", govern the relationship between employers and employees and other labour matters in the United Arab Emirates. There are special labour related regulations applicable in some of the free zones in the UAE.

This Decree sets the rules and conditions for the termination of fixed-term (limited) or unlimited (not term-bound) employment contract between employer and worker in the United Arab Emirates.

The provisions of this Decree-Law, known as "New UAE Labor Law", govern labour relations in the private sector of the United Arab Emirates. The New Labor Law repeals the previous UAE Labor Law (Federal Law No. (8) of 1980).