Gratuity for Part-Time Workers in the UAE: How It Is Calculated

Part-time workers in the UAE do get gratuity, scaled down to match their hours.

What the law says

Article 51 of Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 covers full-time workers. Article 52 leaves other work models to the Executive Regulations. Article 30 of those Regulations (Cabinet Resolution No. 1 of 2022) sets the rules for part-time and employment-sharing workers.

The formula

1. Divide the annual working hours in the part-time contract by those of a full-time contract, and multiply by 100. This gives a percentage.
2. Work out the full-time gratuity with the UAE gratuity formula.
3. Multiply that full-time figure by the percentage.

Example

A worker on 50% of full-time hours, basic salary AED 8,000 a month, 5 years of service.

• Full-time gratuity: 5 × 21 = 105 days × (8,000 ÷ 30) = AED 28,000
• Part-time share: 50%
• Gratuity: AED 14,000

The gratuity calculator is for full-time workers. Get the full-time figure there and apply the percentage yourself.

Who gets nothing

Under Article 30, end of service pay does not apply to workers on a temporary employment model, or to anyone whose duration is less than a year.

Notes

• Use your contract’s actual annual hours. Your employer’s records may show them.
• The other rules still apply: basic wage only, parts of a year in proportion, unpaid absence excluded, and the two-year cap.
• Part-time workers also earn annual leave in proportion to hours worked, with a minimum of five working days a year (Executive Regulations, Article 18).

Official text: Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 · Cabinet Resolution No. 1 of 2022

Checked against the official text on 1 October 2026.