Of Uae Labour Law

Article 78 Of Uae Labour Law

Understanding your employee rights is a very important part of living and working in the UAE. Below is the labour law, as published by the UAE Ministry of Labour, with regards to end-of-service gratuity pay.Disclaimer: The following text comes from the UAE Ministry of Labour’s.Gratuity payArticle 132As amended by Federal Law no. 12 dated:The worker having spent one year or more in continuous service shall be entitled to an end of service gratuity upon the termination of his service. The days of absence from work without pay shall not be included in the calculation of the period of service, and the gratuity shall be calculated as follows:1 - The wage of twenty one days for each of the first five years of service.2 - The wage of thirty days for every additional year.Always provided that the total gratuity does not exceed the wage of two years.Article 133The worker shall be entitled to a gratuity for the served fraction of a year, provided that he completes one year of continuous service.Article 134As amended by Federal Law no. 12 dated:Without prejudice to the provisions of certain laws on the pensions and retirement benefits granted to workers in certain establishments, end of service gratuity shall be calculated on the basis of the last wage due to monthly, weekly and daily-paid workers, and on the basis of the average daily wage set forth in Article 57 hereof for the workers getting paid by piece.