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My employment contract states that I am entitled to 30 days of unpaid leave for one year of service with my employer. What are my rights regarding paid leave and how can I avail of it?
Pursuant to your query, we assume that you are employed by an employer based in the mainland of UAE and therefore, the provisions of Federal Law No. (8) of 1980 regulating employment relations in the UAE (the 'Employment Law') shall be applicable.
As per the provisions of the Employment Law, it may be noted that an employee shall be entitled to a paid annual leave of 30 days upon completion of one year of employment with an employer. This is in accordance with Article 75 of the Employment Law which states: "An employee shall, for each year of service, be entitled to an annual leave of not less than:
1. Two days a month, where the employee's period of service is more than six months but less than one year.It may, therefore, be noted that your employer should pay you salary, which includes basic pay and housing allowance if applicable as part of your annual leave salary. This is in accordance with Article 78 of the Employment Law, which states: "Each employee shall be entitled to his basic remuneration and the housing allowance, if applicable, in respect of his days of annual leave."
2. 30 days a year, where the employee's period of service is more than one year."
Any employee who fails to resume work immediately after the expiry of his leave shall automatically forfeit his remuneration for the period of his absence.
Ashish Mehta is the founder and Managing Partner of Ashish Mehta & Associates. He is qualified to practise law in Dubai, the United Kingdom, Singapore, and India. Full details of his firm on: www.amalawyers.com. Readers may e-mail their questions to: news@khaleejtimes.com or send them to Legal View, Khaleej Times, PO Box 11243, Dubai.
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