UAE - severance entitlement

UAE - severance entitlement

Article 51 of the labour code states that with 1 year of continuous service the employee get the following severance entitlement:

21 days’ basic wages for each of the first five years of service; and

30 days’ basic wages for each subsequent year of service.

Calculated pro-rata to days worked in the year.


N.B – this for an expat (UAE nationals are treated differently).



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