UAE GratuityOther Gulf countries
End-of-service rules differ between the Gulf countries, and each has its own labour law. This site publishes numbers only where the official text was read and could be confirmed as current. At present that is the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia (the Saudi page uses the 2005 text).
Saudi Arabia
See the Saudi end-of-service award page, from the Ministry English text of the 2005 law; later amendments were not read.
Qatar
Qatar is now covered: see the Qatar gratuity page, read from the Al Meezan legal portal.
Oman and Bahrain
Now covered: see the Oman gratuity page (Royal Decree 53/2023, gazette text) and the Bahrain indemnity page (Labour Market Regulatory Authority booklet).
Kuwait
The official text of the Kuwaiti labour law could not be opened from here, so no figures are given. Do not rely on a figure for Kuwait from this site.
What to do meanwhile
Ask your employer for the clause of the contract and the article of the national labour law it follows, and check it with the ministry of labour of the country.
Sources
- UAE Government portal u.ae, "End of service benefits for workers in the private sector" (u.ae), read on 13 November 2026. It quotes Article 51 of Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 and Article 30 of Cabinet Resolution No. 1 of 2022. Everything about the 21 and 30 days, the two-year cap, the basic salary, the 14-day payment deadline, part-time workers and the Savings Scheme comes from that page.
- The only assumption: a "day" of salary is the monthly basic salary divided by 30. The page does not state the divisor; check how your employer or MOHRE counts it.
Rules read on 13 November 2026 from the UAE Government portal. They apply to expatriate workers in the private sector; Emiratis follow the pension and social security legislation. Laws change and your contract may give more. This site is not connected with the UAE Government or MOHRE and gives no legal advice: contact the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation for your own case.