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6 available 6 • View allThe right way to calculate the annual leave
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Q: Good evening Mr. Shoaib,
I have a question regarding the annual leave calculation.
If you have, for example, worked for 2 years at a company in the UAE, are you entitled to 30 days for each year of service?
Or is the first year calculated at 2 days per month (24 days) and the second year calculated at 30 days per year?
This is a point of discussion where I am working right now.

Sep 15, 2020
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How to calculate the accumulated leave?
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Q: Hi Madam,
I have read in one of your answers to a question regarding the calculation of leave salary at the end of job, termination, or resignation, that the leave salary for accumulated leaves will be calculated based on Basic Wage.
My doubt is what is accumulated leave?
If I received all the dues of leave salary on last leave and I resigned 1 year after resumed duty, only 1 month leave salary is due for me. Is it consider accumulated leave or is it a normal annual leave?
And, why the calculation is based on basic pay in this case?
I think the accumulated leaves are the days due more than 60 days. Please advise me as I am planning to resign from my job.
I completed 20 years in the same company and there is no unpaid leave salary except the last 1 year of service.

Aug 26, 2021
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مستحقات العامل بعد أكثر من ثلاث سنوات عمل بدون إجازات


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س: السلام عليكم،
أعمل منذ ثلاث سنوات ونصف في نفس الشركة. لم آخذ أي إجازة أو بدلات خلال هذه المدة.
هل يمكن أن توضح ماذا يترتب على الشركة تجاهي؟
شاكر لأفضالكم!



Jul 14, 2023
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Unclaimed vacation days and ticket costs: Am I entitled to compensation?

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Q: Greetings,
If I have been employed by a company based in the Dubai Free Zone (DFZ) for three years and resign without taking any vacation leave during that period, is the company legally obligated to reimburse me for my accrued vacation days and ticket costs in addition to my gratuity?
Can the company refuse to pay these fees because I did not utilize my vacation time?
Thank you!


Nov 21, 2023
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Can I convert my 30-day vacation to cash after a year in the company?




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Q: Dear Sir/Madam,
Please kindly help with my case:
1) May I know if I need to pay the company for my visa for resigning after 1 year? My contract is a limited contract for 2 years.
2) During my 1 year in the company, I worked on every public holiday in the retail industry without being paid or compensated. How can I retrieve the compensation for those days?
3) Can I convert my 30-day vacation to cash without taking the vacation after 1 year in the company?
Please let me know.
Thank you so much!





Jan 8, 2024
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Worked 10 months at a real estate firm, no vacation pay given. What to do?



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Q: Hi,
I live in the UAE with my own visa. I worked for a real estate company for about 10 months and resigned.
They have only given me my salary without vacation pay. They say the reason is I am not on their visa, so they cannot provide vacation balance days.
Is that true?




Mar 22, 2024
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3 available 3 • View allFederal Law No. (8) of 1980 Concerning the Regulation of Labor Relations 53
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.
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