Q: An employee has not gone for his leave for 6 years on an unlimited contract and has resigned. How is the leave salary calculated, on the basic salary, basic + accommodation or total salary? And how many days salary can he claim for 60 days? Thank you

Q: Please help me with the below scenario. I had worked with a company for three years. I was terminated on the basis of redundancy on 15th Jan 2019. They gave me one month notice period which ended on 15th Feb 2019. I completed the notice period and now joined another company. At the end of my notice period, I have 34 leave days as balance. In my final settlement, the company is paying me these 34 days on the basis of BASIC salary only. My argument to them is that I should be paid as per article 79 of the UAE labour law which states that my leave days shall be paid on the basis of wage. I want your help to understand if I am eligible to receive a full salary (basic + allowances) for my 34 leave days or it is only BASIC SALARY for 34 days.

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: 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: Our company is off on Friday and Saturday. I wanted to take annual leave on Thursday and I will rejoin on Sunday. How many annual leave days should be deducted from me? Another scenario, if I went for annual leave from Thursday until Sunday and will rejoin on Monday, how many days should be deducted from me?

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: Dear Madam/Sir, I am employed under a JAFZA contract, and at the end of June, I'm leaving the company and the UAE. My position is a manager and I am office-based. My employment contract is based on 5 working days per week (Friday and Saturday off). When I take my annual leave, only the weekdays are taken for my leave balance calculation (i.e. 2 weeks off costs me 10 days leave). I still have an outstanding leave balance of 12 days over 2021. The company will pay out these days with my final salary. However, I have my doubts about the way they calculate the value of these days. They take my monthly salary, divide this by 30 days, and multiply this by 12. But in my opinion, since I have a contract based on 5 days per week, they should take my monthly salary and divide it by 21.75 days instead of 30 days. I would like to know what is the correct way to calculate this, and how this is described in the UAE labor law. Thank you very much in advance. Kind regards, P.

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: If an employee works less than a year, how to calculate their leave entitlement till the end of the year? Do the 2 days per month start from the joining date or after the 6 months probation period?

Q: I have resigned from my current job after 10 months. My employer says I have earned zero vacation days during 6-month probation. My 2 days per month count from months 7 through 10 gives me 8 vacation days earned.

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