UAE Final Settlement Calculator

Add up each line: gratuity (21 days of basic salary a year for the first five years, 30 days after, Article 51), unused leave days × basic salary ÷ 30, unpaid salary days × total wage ÷ 30, and the notice allowance if notice was not served (Article 43). Add overtime and contract dues, then take off allowed deductions. Example: 3 years on AED 6,000 basic and 3,000 allowances, resigning 20 notice days short: 12,600 + 2,000 + 4,500 − 6,000 = AED 13,100.

No. Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 applies to all private-sector employers and workers in the UAE (Article 3), so the settlement is worked out the same way in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and every other emirate. If you work in the DIFC or ADGM financial free zones, check their own employment rules.

Usually your gratuity (Article 51), pay for unused annual leave (Article 29), salary for days worked but not paid, and a notice allowance if notice was not served (Article 43). Add overtime and anything your contract promises, such as a bonus or commission, and take off what you owe the employer.

Within 14 days of the end of the contract. Article 53 covers your wages and all other entitlements under the law, your contract and the company rules.

Gratuity and leave pay use basic salary only (Article 51 and Executive Regulations Article 19). Unpaid salary and the notice allowance use your total wage, because the law defines "wage" as basic plus cash allowances (Article 1). That is why the calculator asks for both.

No. Under Decree-Law 33 of 2021, Article 51 pays the same gratuity once you have at least one year of service. It has no reduction for resigning and no exception for dismissal without notice under Article 44, and Article 39 says even a disciplinary dismissal keeps the right to gratuity. The old labour law (Federal Law No. 8 of 1980), which cut gratuity for resignation, was repealed when this law came into force on 2 February 2022.

If your employer ended the contract without full notice, it owes you your total wage for the days not served, so it is added. If you left without full notice, you owe the employer that amount (Article 43, clause 3), so it is subtracted. The Executive Regulations do not list it among deductions from gratuity, so the employer may need to claim it rather than simply deduct it.

Only what the law allows: for example loans you agreed to, amounts paid to you by mistake, approved pension or insurance contributions, approved fines, court debts and damage you caused (Article 25, and Executive Regulations Article 29 for the gratuity). Enter the amounts you agree you owe. If a deduction is not on that list, you can raise it with MOHRE.

Apply to the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE), which handles labour disputes first and works towards a settlement (Article 54). Article 54 was amended in 2024, so check MOHRE for the current procedure. Keep your contract, payslips and the written calculation.

Compensation for unlawful termination (Article 47), the gratuity for part-time workers and UAE nationals (who are covered by the pension law instead), and any limits on a single deduction. Also anything your contract sets above the legal minimum.