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.

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.

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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!

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!

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?

Q: Hello, I want to inquire regarding my leave privileges. I am now 11 months in my company. How many leaves am I privileged to? Based on Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 regulating labour relations and its executive regulations, you are entitled to a paid weekly rest for not less than one day, as specified in the work contract or the work regulation. The Council of Ministers may increase the weekly rest day stipulated in this article. The Decree-Law and its executive regulations also stipulate that you are entitled to an annual leave with full pay as follows: - Thirty days for each year of your extended service. - Two days per month in respect of any employee with more than six months and less than one year of service. - Leave for parts of the last year of your service in case it is terminated before you use your annual leave balance. Now my question is: do I have 22 days I can use? Can someone explain to me in detail? Thank you!

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.

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).