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How to check your UAE final settlement before you sign

Ask for an itemised final settlement (salary to your last day, unused leave, gratuity and any deductions) and check it against a gratuity calculation. Your employer must pay everything within 14 days of your contract ending. Sign the MOHRE cancellation form, which says you have received your dues, only once the money is in your account.

When
2 weeks to 8 days before your flight
Time
30 min
Cost
Free

Official source: u.aeAlso: MOHRE

Money back: Gratuity and final salary. Due within 14 days of contract end.

Have ready

  • Settlement statement
  • Your gratuity calculation

How to do it

  1. Get the itemised settlement: salary to last day, unused leave, gratuity, notice pay if any, deductions.
  2. Check gratuity: 21 days of basic salary for each of the first five years, 30 days for each year after, with part years counted in proportion. The total is capped at two years of your total wage.
  3. Check that deductions are only amounts you actually owe (company loan, advance, loss or damage to company property). Ask for each one in writing.
  4. Sign the MOHRE cancellation form or any “all dues received” paper only once the money is in your account. If HR needs your signature earlier, get the amount and payment date in writing first.
  5. Your employer must pay everything within 14 days of your contract ending. If it is short or late, raise it with HR in writing, then file a complaint with MOHRE in the MOHRE app, at mohre.gov.ae or by calling 80084. If your employer is in a free zone, go to the free zone authority first.

Watch out

  • Keep your salary account open until the settlement lands (see “Decide which bank account stays open”).
  • Resigning does not reduce gratuity under the current law (Federal Decree-Law 33 of 2021); reductions you may read about come from the old law.
  • Claims have a time limit, so file early. Sources give one year or two years from the end of your employment; ask MOHRE (80084) which applies to you.
  • If you owe your salary bank a loan or card balance, it may hold the payment up to the amount you owe.

Questions people ask

How long does my employer have to pay my final settlement?

Fourteen days from the end of your contract, including gratuity, salary to your last day and unused leave.

Does resigning reduce my gratuity?

No. Under the current law (Federal Decree-Law 33 of 2021) resigning doesn’t reduce gratuity. The one-third and two-thirds cuts you may read about come from the old law.

What can my employer deduct from the settlement?

Only amounts you actually owe, such as a company loan, a salary advance, or loss or damage to company property that was your fault. Ask for each deduction in writing.

What if my employer doesn’t pay within 14 days?

Write to HR first. Then file a labour complaint with MOHRE in the MOHRE app, at mohre.gov.ae or by calling 80084. File early: claims have a time limit.

Sources

Official: UAE government portal: end-of-service benefits · MOHRE: register a labour complaint

Also checked against: UAE government portal: end-of-service benefits (private sector) · Gulf News: gratuity and the 14-day payment rule · DLA Piper: resigning no longer reduces gratuity (new labour law) · Gulf News: sign the settlement only after you are paid · Gulf News: UAE gratuity calculation guide 2026

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