UAE end-of-service gratuity calculator

• A full-time foreign worker with a year or more of continuous service gets 21 days of basic wage for each year of the first five years. (Article 51(2)(a), read 12 November 2026.) Later amendments were not reviewed.
• 30 days of basic wage for each year of service beyond the first five. (Article 51(2)(b), read 12 November 2026.) Later amendments were not reviewed.
• End of service benefits for a foreign worker in total do not exceed two years of wage (24 times the monthly basic wage in the tool). (Article 51(6), read 12 November 2026.) Later amendments were not reviewed.
• Parts of a year count in proportion once one year is complete (Article 51(3)); unpaid days of absence are not counted as service (Article 51(4)); the last basic wage is used, without allowances (Article 51(5)). (Article 51(3), (4) and (5), read 12 November 2026.) Later amendments were not reviewed.
• The employer pays wages and all other entitlements within 14 days of the end date of the contract term. (Article 53, read 12 November 2026.) Later amendments were not reviewed.
• In applying the labour law the Gregorian year has 365 days and a month represents 30 days. (Article 67, read 12 November 2026.) Later amendments were not reviewed.

This is a reading of the published text, not legal advice, and no adviser or authority has signed these rules off.