UAE end-of-service gratuity calculator
Estimate end-of-service gratuity
Estimate for a full-time foreign worker in the private sector under the federal labour law. Use basic wage only, without housing, transport or other allowances. Nothing you enter leaves your browser.
Enter the first and last day of work, the last basic monthly wage and any unpaid absence days. The calculator applies Article 51 of the UAE labour law: 21 days of basic wage per year for the first five years, 30 days after, capped at two years of wage.
What rule does the calculator use?
It follows Article 51 of Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 on employment relationships. A full-time foreign worker who completes a year or more of continuous service is entitled to end-of-service benefits calculated on the basic wage. The benefit is 21 days of wage for each of the first five years and 30 days of wage for each year after that.
How are parts of a year treated?
The law gives a benefit for parts of a year in proportion to the time worked, provided the worker completed one year of continuous service. The calculator counts your service in days and converts it to years, so 3 years and 6 months counts as 3.5 years. Under one year of continuous service, no gratuity is due.
Which wage should you enter?
Enter the last basic monthly wage. The law calculates the benefit on the basic wage the worker was last entitled to, so housing, transport and other allowances are not included. The calculator turns the monthly wage into a daily wage by dividing by 30, which is the usual working assumption. Your employer or the ministry may apply a slightly different daily rate in a final settlement.
What happens with unpaid absence?
Unpaid days of absence are not counted in the service term. Enter the total number of unpaid days across the whole period, and the calculator subtracts them from your service before it works out the years.
Is there a maximum?
Yes. The law says the end-of-service benefits for a foreign worker may not exceed two years of wage in total. The calculator caps the result at 24 months of the basic wage and tells you when the cap was applied.
Who is this estimate not for?
It is not for UAE national workers, who are covered by pension and social security rules. It does not cover workers in free zones with their own employment law, such as DIFC and ADGM, or workers under an alternative end-of-service scheme approved by the Cabinet. Deductions the employer is allowed to make under the law are not included.
How accurate is the result?
It is an estimate for planning and for checking a figure you were given. It is not a legal calculation and not legal advice. For a dispute or a final settlement, ask the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation or a qualified adviser.
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Primary source: Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021, Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation
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