UAE Gratuity Blog: Guides by Topic
Plain-English guides to UAE end-of-service gratuity, final settlement, leave and labour disputes. Each guide is based on Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 (the UAE Labour Law) or, for DIFC, ADGM and domestic workers, the rules that apply to them. Pick a topic below, or start with the UAE gratuity calculator if you just need a number.
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- How to calculate gratuity in the UAE: the formula step by step.
- UAE gratuity law (Article 51): the rules with article numbers.
- UAE final settlement calculator: your full and final settlement, itemised.
- How to file a MOHRE complaint: if you have not been paid.
Calculating gratuity
How the Article 51 formula works: what salary counts, the cap and what reduces your service period.
🧮 UAE gratuity by years of service (1 to 30 year table)
Ready made amounts for common basic salaries and service lengths.
How to calculate UAE gratuity step by step
The formula, the cap and four worked examples.
Salary cut before leaving: the effect on gratuity
Why the last basic wage sets the whole figure.
Does UAE gratuity include housing allowance?
Why gratuity uses basic salary only, and how to check your contract split.
UAE gratuity two year cap explained
When the two years’ wage cap in Article 51(6) starts to matter.
Unpaid leave calculation in the UAE: salary and gratuity
How unpaid days are deducted from salary and from your gratuity service period.
End of service terms in Arabic and English
مستحقات نهاية الخدمة and other settlement terms translated.
Eligibility and edge cases
Short service, probation, transfers and alternatives to the lump-sum gratuity.
UAE gratuity for less than 1 year of service
What you can still claim if you leave before the one year mark.
Limited vs unlimited contracts and gratuity
What Articles 8 and 68 say about contract terms.
UAE probation period and gratuity
Whether probation counts towards service and what happens if you leave during it.
Transferred within the same free zone group: did my service reset?
A real case about service continuity between group companies.
UAE alternative end of service savings scheme
How the optional savings scheme differs from the traditional gratuity.
Final settlement and leave
Everything else in your full and final settlement besides gratuity.
🧮 UAE final settlement calculator
Gratuity, leave salary, notice pay and deductions in one itemised figure.
UAE final settlement checklist
What to check before you sign a full and final receipt.
How to read your UAE final settlement sheet
Line by line explanation of a typical settlement statement.
UAE leave salary calculation guide
How leave salary and unused leave encashment are worked out.
UAE annual leave rules and unused leave pay
Accrual, carry forward and the payout when you leave.
Gratuity on the death of an employee
Article 15: who receives the dues and when.
Repatriation ticket meaning and UAE labour law rules
When your employer must pay your ticket home, and ticket allowance vs repatriation.
Can notice period deductions reduce UAE gratuity?
How notice pay and notice deductions interact with your final dues.
Visa cancellation and final settlement in the UAE
What is still owed when your visa is cancelled, and when.
Resigning, termination and disputes
Resignation vs termination, late payment and how to complain to MOHRE.
UAE gratuity: resignation vs termination
Why resigning no longer reduces gratuity under the current law.
Terminated in the UAE? Notice, pay and gratuity
Articles 43 to 47 in plain language.
Resigning without another job: what happens to gratuity
Why resigning does not cancel gratuity, with an example.
How to file a MOHRE complaint online (unpaid gratuity)
Step by step complaint process, documents and timelines.
Can your employer delay UAE gratuity?
The 14 day payment rule in Article 53 and what to do if it is missed.
Gratuity looks short? Three common errors and what they cost
Wrong dates, wrong basic salary and unpaid leave, with worked examples.
Free zones (DIFC, ADGM, JAFZA, DMCC)
Free zones that follow the federal law and the two that have their own rules.
DIFC DEWS explained: contributions and calculation
What DEWS is and how it replaced gratuity in DIFC.
🧮 DIFC gratuity & DEWS calculator
Estimate DEWS employer contributions.
🧮 ADGM gratuity calculator
ADGM Employment Regulations 2024 method (÷365, 21 day deadline).
🧮 DMCC gratuity calculator
The DMCC EOSB guide method with worked examples.
🧮 JAFZA gratuity calculator
Federal formula for Jebel Ali Free Zone employees.
🧮 All free zone and industry calculators
Pick the right calculator for your employer.
Special workers
Domestic workers, part-time staff and sector-specific situations.
🧮 Domestic worker gratuity UAE: calculator and law
What Federal Decree Law No. 9 of 2022 says, plus an estimator.
UAE gratuity for part time workers
How gratuity works when you work reduced hours.
🧮 Hotel and restaurant staff gratuity calculator
Service charge, tips and hospitality contracts.
🧮 Healthcare workers gratuity calculator
Nurses, doctors and allied health roles.
🧮 Teachers gratuity calculator
Private school and academic year contracts.
Tax and nationality
Is gratuity taxed, at home or in the UAE?
Is UAE gratuity taxable?
The UAE position and home country tax questions.
Is UAE gratuity taxable in India? NRI guide
Residential status and Indian tax on UAE gratuity.
Is there income tax in Dubai? UAE explained
Whether the UAE taxes your salary, explained simply.
🧮 Gratuity guides by nationality
Guides for Indian, Pakistani, Filipino, Bangladeshi and other expats.
Money in the UAE
Visa costs, rent, living costs and what to do with your savings.
UAE employment visa cost breakdown
Typical fee items for a UAE employment visa.
RERA rent increase rules in Dubai
How the RERA rental index limits rent increases.
UAE cost of living 2026: what expats actually spend
Monthly budgets for singles and families.
How to save your first AED 100,000 in the UAE
A practical savings plan on a UAE salary.
Best way to send money home from the UAE
Comparing remittance options and fees.