Q: Hi, Quick questions: 1- How is the annual leave calculated if someone has completed more than one year in service. a- Leave of 30 days in 12 months; i.e. 11 months of work + 1 month leave = 30 days in 12 months. b- Leave of 30 days after completing 12 months every year; i.e. 12 months of work + 1 month leave = 30 days in 13 months. 2 - Is the leave period considered for the calculation of subsequent leave entitlement? Or is it calculated from the date of rejoining after leave (leave period excluded)?

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, Please help me by clarifying the leave encashment claims during my resignation. I have worked in a firm for 3 years and I have 25 days of annual leave pending. Is that on the basis of gross salary or basic + HRA? Kindly advise

Three new ministerial decrees containing a new set of rules for the labour market were issued by the UAE Ministry of Labour last year and came into force on the 1st of January this year. The decrees are expected to alter the contractual relationship between employers and workers in the UAE.

An interview-format article covering the topic of employment termination without a valid reason in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW. Ludmila discusses the aspects of termination, like notice periods, end of service benefits, arbitrary dismissal, unpaid salaries etc.

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.

تماشياً مع ظروف سوق العمل واستجابة للمتغيرات المستجدة، تم إدخال بعض التحديثات على العلاقات العمالية التي تؤثر إيجاباً على الشركات وأصحاب العمل. هذه التغييرات تهدف إلى تحسين بيئة العمل وحماية حقوق العمال. سنستعرض هنا بلمحة موجزة أبرز هذه التحديثات وما تعنيه للشركات.

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).