Plain-language guides to end of service pay and the MOHRE services employees use most. Each one is reviewed against the current UAE Labour Law.
Working out your gratuity
- How to calculate gratuity in the UAE
The formula, a full worked example, part years, unpaid leave and the two-year cap, so you can check any figure by hand.
- UAE gratuity chart: how much you earn for each year of service
A year-by-year table for 1 to 30 years of service that recalculates for your own basic salary.
- How to calculate gratuity for an unlimited contract
The one-third and two-thirds resignation rules for older open-ended contracts, and what the current law changed.
- Basic salary or total salary: which one counts for gratuity?
Why two people on the same package can be owed very different gratuity, and how to find the basic figure your employer will use.
Leaving a job and final pay
- Gratuity on resignation in the UAE: what you get if you resign
Resigning no longer reduces gratuity. What you are owed after 1, 3 and 5 years, and how notice affects your final pay.
- Final settlement in the UAE: what you are owed when you leave
Every line that should be on your settlement statement, how each is calculated, the 14-day deadline and what to check before you sign.
- Limited and unlimited contracts in the UAE
How fixed-term and open-ended contracts differ on notice, renewal and gratuity, and what the current law requires.
- Application for gratuity: how to write it, with sample letters
When to send a written request, what it must contain, and two letters you can copy: the first request and the follow-up.
Free zones, domestic workers and other special cases
- JAFZA gratuity: how end of service is calculated in Jebel Ali Free Zone
Which law applies to Jebel Ali Free Zone employees and how to estimate their end of service pay.
- Domestic worker gratuity in the UAE
End of service rules for housemaids, nannies, cooks, drivers and other domestic workers.
MOHRE services and paperwork
- How to file a labour complaint in the UAE
What you can complain about, the documents to prepare, and how a MOHRE complaint moves from mediation to court.
- UAE labour card: what it is and how to check it
What the electronic labour card records, how to find your number and why it matters at the end of service.
- MOHRE enquiry services: what you can check online
How to look up your contract, work permit, application status and complaint status through MOHRE.
- E-signature card in the UAE: what it is and who needs one
What a company's e-signature card is for and why it matters to employers and their staff.