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Leaves
The Federal Decree-Law No. (33) of 2021 Regarding the Regulation of Employment Relationship allows various types of leaves to ensure employees’ balance between work and life. These include annual leave, sick leave, maternity leave, parental leave, compassionate leave, study leave, and leave for national service. The law also regulates public holidays and unpaid leave, outlining eligibility, duration, and conditions.
The worker shall be entitled to official days off with full pay on public holidays.
If work conditions require that the worker works during any of the public holidays, theemployer shall compensate him with another day off for each day, on which he works during the holiday, or pay him the wage for that day according to the wage established for the normal working days, plus an increase of not less than (50%) fifty percent of the basic wage for that day.
Employees are entitled to the following leaves once they have completed six months of service:
Annual leave - The employee is entitled to an annual leave with full wage, of not less than thirty days for each year of extended service or two days for each month if the service term is more than six months and less than a year.
Maternity Leave - The female employee shall be entitled to a maternity leave of (60) sixty days. The first 45 days are paid with full wage, while the following 15 days are paid with half wage.
Parental leave – The employee is entitled to a parental leave of 5 working days that can be taken within six months from the date of birth of their child.
Public holidays – Employees are entitled to fully paid days off on public holidays, which are designated by a Cabinet resolution.
Weekend – Employees are entitled to a paid weekend of no less than one day off, as stipulated in the employment contract.
Sabbatical leave: Emiratis working in the private sector are entitled to a paid sabbatical leave (extended break from work) to perform national service.
Study Leave - An employee, who is studying in one of the UAE’s certified educational institutions is entitled to a paid leave of 10 days per year to sit for examinations.
Compassionate leave – The employee is entitled to a paid bereavement leave of 5 days in case of death of spouse, and 3 days in case of death of a parent, child, sibling, grandchild or grandparent.
Sick leave – The employee is entitled to a sick leave of not more than 90 days per year, only after the end of probationary period. During sick leave, the employee will receive full pay for the first 15 days, half pay for the next 30 days, and no pay for the remaining 45 days.
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