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Basic salary plus cash allowances is your monthly wage (Article 1). Take off pay for unpaid days, add overtime and any bonus, then take off the deductions the law allows (Article 25). Basic AED 6,000 plus AED 3,000 allowances, with 2 unpaid days, 10 overtime hours, a AED 500 bonus and a AED 1,000 loan repayment, pays AED 8,212.50 net.

No. The UAE has no tax on the income of individuals, and employment income is outside Corporate Tax (FTA Corporate Tax General Guide). Nothing may be deducted from the wage except the cases in Article 25 of the labour law.

The law sets no method. The usual one is monthly wage ÷ 30 × the days not worked; some payrolls divide by the days in that month. Enter the days before you joined or after you left as unpaid days.

Only the 8 cases in Article 25, such as loan repayments, overpaid salary (at most 20%), fines (at most 5%) and pension contributions. All deductions together may not exceed 50% of the wage.

On a normal working day, on the basic wage plus at least 25%, or 50% between 10 pm and 4 am (Article 19). Work on a rest day or public holiday earns the full wage plus at least 50% of the basic, or another day off (Articles 19 and 28).

On the due dates in your contract, through the Wage Protection System (WPS) or another system the Ministry approves (Article 22 and Executive Regulations, Article 16). It is paid in dirhams unless the contract agrees another currency.

For a foreign full-time worker, gratuity is 21 days of basic pay a year for the first 5 years and 30 days after (Article 51). Spread over 12 months, that is about 5.83% of the basic a month, then 8.33%: on a AED 6,000 basic, AED 350.00 and later AED 500.00. UAE nationals get end of service under the pension law instead.