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: 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: 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: Hi Sir/Madam, I am working with a shipping survey company for the last 3 years. I got an offer from another company so I gave a resignation letter and now working the notice period. I want to know the end-of-service benefits. Kindly advise me. Visa type: unlimited. Date of joining: 18.06.2018. Last date of notice: 29.07.2021. Basic salary: AED 1600.

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 Sir, If an employee did not use the annual leave continuously for three years, how to calculate the leave salary?

Q: Is the unused annual leave balance paid based on full or basic salary when completing 2 years of work and leaving?

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.

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).